William Allen Butler

And queenly is the state she keeps, In beauty's lofty trust secure.

And said to myself as I lit my cigar supposing a man had the wealth of the Czar Of the Russias to boot for the rest of his days On the whole do you think he would have much to spare If he married a woman with nothing to wear

But I do mean to say, I have heard her declare, When at the same moment she had on a dress Which cost five hundred dollars, and not a cent less, And jewelry worth ten times more, I should guess, That she had not a thing in the wide world to wear!