_by John Campbell Delano._
_Illustration by Frank A. Nankivell._
Dainty Lady Crinoline,
Frail as the frailest porcelain,
Memory doth take me back
O’er Life’s long-forgotten track
Sweet as sweetest metheglin,
Dainty Lady Crinoline.
Dark thine hair as deepest night,
And thine eyes were stars alight,
Roses blushed thy cheeks to see.
Blessings on thee, Memory,
For this maid in bombazine,
Dainty Lady Crinoline.
Ankles slim as lily’s stem,
Tiny feet from out the hem
Of thy dress my heart entranced
When the minuet we danced.
Sweet, angelic cherubin,
Dainty Lady Crinoline!
[Illustration:
“_Dainty Lady Crinoline,_
_Frail as frailest porcelain; . . . _
_Ankles slim as lily’s stem._”]