Be the maiden thine or mine";
a statement which involves Oriental notions of property in women, and at the same time a highly objectionable tendency to free love. We are next informed that "the maiden's glance invites advance," and after being suffered to advance, we are requested to "drink bliss like sparkling wine," - sentences upon which comment is needless. And, finally, the veracity of all ladies is impugned in the lines:-
"The maiden's `nay,'
We count it `yea.'"
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It looks, too, as if strong-mindedness was hinted at by the parliamentary language put into fair mouths.