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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By Henry CuylerBunner

1221 She Was a Beauty

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.