Part 4 — "SHE WAS A BEAUTY"
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She was a beauty in the days When Madison was President, And quite coquettish in her ways,— On conquests of the heart intent.
Grandpapa, on his right knee bent, Wooed her in stiff, old-fashioned phrase,— She was a beauty in the days When Madison was President.
And when your roses where hers went Shall go, my Rose, who date from Hayes, I hope you'll wear her sweet content Of whom tradition lightly says: She was a beauty in the days When Madison was President.
Henry Cuyler Bunner [1855-1896]