Two or three posies

Two or three posies

With two or three simples -

Two or three noses

With two or three pimples -

Two or three wisemen

And two or three ninnies -

Two or three purses

And two or three guineas -

Two or three raps

At two or three doors -

Two or three naps

Of two or three hours -

Two or three cats

And two or three mice -

Two or three sprats

At a very great price -

Two or three sandies

And two or three tabbies -

Two or three dandies

And two Mrs -- mum!

Two or three smiles

And two or three frowns -

Two or three miles

To two or three towns -

Two or three pegs

For two or three bonnets -

Two or three dove's eggs

To hatch into sonnets.