FOR CHILDREN, 35

By duly consul.ing a reverend Seer,

DanDELION, who augured the wedding that year,

Moved to give his opinion by breath of perfume,

And nodding assent with his silvery plume.

For licence, his lordship in person applied

To the high Crown ImpzriaL, whose court he
descried

By the Goipen Rob, ensign of state, by his side.

Returning from thence in the course of his journey,

He ordered the deeds of Jonqutt, the attorney ;

And anxious a speedy conclusion to bring,

Set Love-Cuain and Go.p-Dust to work on the
ring.

Now April came garnished with smiles, and the

da
Was fixed for the first of luxuriant May.
Along the green garden, in shade or in sun,
All was business and bustle, and frolic and fun;
For, as Flora had granted a full dispensation
To all the gay tribes in her blooming creation,
By which at the festival all might appear,
Who else were on duty but parts of the year;
There was now such a concourse of beauty and
grace,
As had not, since Eden, appeared in one place ;
And cards were dispersed with consent of the fair,
To every great family through the parterre.'
There was one city lady, indeed, whom the bride
Did not wish to attend, which was Miss Lonpon
PRIDE:

1 Farterrs—ao flower-garder.