Printed for the Society of Vice, The Pearl — The Colombine.
“ Written in London 12th January, 1837, on Fraulein Theresa Schmidt, an opera dancer, as Columbine.Night after night I've fed my eyes, On sweet "Theresa Schmidt, Fraulein," And marvell'd how cold Northern skies Could mould so fair a Columbine. No verse, no rhyme could tell my mind, To vent the praise my heart would breathe, But she's an English girl I find, And bears the vulgar name of Smith. But whatso'er her name may be, No Roman dancer could surpass, The way she shows her open C, And flourishes her jutting arse. ”
