XLVII.

I said that Lady Pinchbeck had been talked about-- As who has not, if female, young, and pretty? But now no more the ghost of Scandal stalked about; She merely was deemed amiable and witty, And several of her best _bons-mots_ were hawked about: Then she was given to charity and pity, And passed (at least the latter years of life) For being a most exemplary wife.