A GENTLEWOMAN OF THE OLD SCHOOL.

Gentlewoman of the Old School

HE lived in Georgian era too.

Most women then, if bards be

true,

Succumbed to Routs and Cards, or grew

Devout and acid.

But hers was neither fate. She came

Of good west-country folk, whose fame

Has faded now. For us her name

Is "Madam Placid."