About William Allen Butler: William Allen Butler was an American lawyer and writer of poetical satires.
And queenly is the state she keeps, In beauty's lofty trust secure.
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!
