In The Beauty Parlors

A jumbo so vain, and fond of his shape Had himself beautified by a gray ape, Tattooed and gilded with elegant signs, The latest and merriest monkey designs. Then the ape rode the jumbo And made the land gape, As he sat at his ease in the elephant chair. He had tattooed himself with designs from a shawl, And he gathered a grape with a self-possessed air, And threw down a twig at another fine ape.