• Suggested by a Picture by Mr. Romney

    THIS relative of mine,
    Was she seventy-and-nine
      When she died?
    By the canvas may be seen
    How she looked at seventeen,
      As a bride.

    Beneath a summer tree,
    Her maiden reverie
      Has a charm;
    Her ringlets are in taste;
    What an arm!… what a waist
      For an arm!...