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And, too wild to regard either lady or lord,
Honey-suck Le, as usual, was ding abroad.
Notwithstanding all which, preparations were
made
In the very first style for the splendid parade.
One CLotH-PLant, a clothier of settled repute,
Undertook to provide every beau with a suit,
Trimmed with BacneLors’-sutTtons, but these, I
presume,
Were rejected, as out of the proper costume.
Miss Satin-FLoweR, fancy-dress-maker from
town,
Had silks of all colours and patterns sent down ;
For which Lap1gs’-RIBBON could hardly prepare
Her trimmings, so fast as bespoke by the fair.
Two noted perfumers from Shrubbery Lane,
Messrs. Musk-ROsE and LavENDER, essenced the

train,

And ere the last twilight of April expired,

The whole blooming band was completely attired.
At length the bright morning, with glittering eye,
Peeped o’er the green earth from the rose-coloured

sky;
And soon as the lark flitted out of her nest,
The bridal assembly was ready and dressed.
Among the most lovely, far lovelier shone
The bride, with an elegance purely her own;
Her tall slender figure green tissue arrayed,
With diamonds strung loose on the shining bro-
cade;
A cap of white velvet, in graceful costume,
Adorned her fair forehead—a silvery plume
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