Five Bennett daughters desperately wish to wed

From an entailed estate that worries Dear Old Dad.

Gentle Jane, the family’s beauty, she’s quite a catch,

So suave and wealthy Bingley she soon does snatch.

Lizzie, Pride and Prejudice’s heroine, first eschews

Uppity Mr. Darcy, Bingley’s chum, a handsome parvenu.

Whereupon Wicked Whickam whisks air-head Lydia away,

But Darcy intervenes with a stash of cash, saving the day.

Upon visiting with her Aunt and Uncle Darcy’s estate,

Lizzie discovers how wealthy he is and thinks he’s great.

In the end, Darcy and Ms. Elizabeth Bennett do marry.

When Regency girls spotted their prey, they didn’t tarry.