Chapter I

The Devil seeking some new way
To kill eternity, one day
(So bored he was, in Hades)
Flew to Manhattan Isle to start
A Summer School to teach the art
Of Smuggling to Ladies.

II

He opened in an uptown street
A Modiste’s shop refined and neat
(The number doesn’t matter),
Displaying in his window all
The Modes--Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall
(Especially the latter).