The Devil's Horse-Shoe
A fecund sight for a Philosopher —
Rich as Golconda's mine in lessons rare —
That gem-bedizzen'd " horse-shoe " at th' Opera
Replete with costly hags, and matrons fair!
His votaresses doth Mammon there array
His Amazonian Phalanx dread to face!
To Mammon there do they their homage pay
Spangl'd with jewels, satins, silks and lace.
Crones whose old bosoms within their corsets creak.
Beldames whose slightest glance would fright a horse.
Ghouls — when they speak one hears the grave-mole squeak —
Their escorts parvenus of features coarse.
A rich array of Luxury and Vice!
But spite of them, the music's very nice.
Rich as Golconda's mine in lessons rare —
That gem-bedizzen'd " horse-shoe " at th' Opera
Replete with costly hags, and matrons fair!
His votaresses doth Mammon there array
His Amazonian Phalanx dread to face!
To Mammon there do they their homage pay
Spangl'd with jewels, satins, silks and lace.
Crones whose old bosoms within their corsets creak.
Beldames whose slightest glance would fright a horse.
Ghouls — when they speak one hears the grave-mole squeak —
Their escorts parvenus of features coarse.
A rich array of Luxury and Vice!
But spite of them, the music's very nice.
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