AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHOSE MINDS CANNOT UNDERSTAND WORDS AS YOU OUGHT, "FANNY," IN THIS INSTANCE, IS A WOMAN'S NAME

                     

                             DEAR FANNY

"She has beauty, but still you must keep your heart cool;
  she has wit, but you must not be caught so";
Thus Reason advises, but Reason's a fool,
  And 'tis not the first time I have thought so,
    Dear Fanny.

"She is lovely!"  Then love her, nor let the bliss fly;
  'Tis the charm of youth's vanishing season:
Thus love has advised me, and who will deny
  That Love reasons much better than Reason,
    Dear Fanny?

                                                       Thomas Moore