And lo! amongst all these appear’d a creature,
So small, he almost might a twin have been,
With Miss Crachami—dwarfish quite in stature,
Yet well proportion’d—neither fat nor lean,
His face of marvellously pleasant feature.
So short and sweet a man was never seen—
All thought him charming at the first beginning—
Alas, ere long they found him far too winning!
[Pg 38]
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