THE DUCHESS.

I present any lady

Whose conduct is shady

Or smacking of doubtful propriety;

When Virtue would quash her

I take and whitewash her

And launch her in first-rate society.

I recommend acres

Of clumsy dressmakers—

Their fit and their finishing touches;

A sum in addition

They pay for permission

To say that they make for the Duchess!

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