FOR CHILDREN. 39

Where old Bishop Monx’s-Hoop had taken his
stand,

To weave and to sanction the conjugal band :

The trumpeter Suck1ine, with musical air,

Preceded as herald ;—then came the young pair

With little Miss Li1y, as bridemaid behind,

Alone her fair head on her bosom reclined.

The old Duke of Prony, richly arrayed

In coquelicot,' headed the long cavalcade ;

Duchess Dowager Ross leading up at his side,

With her daughters, some blooming, some fair as
the bride ;

My Lady Carnation, excessively dashing,

Rouged highly, and new in the Rotterdam fashion,?

Discoursing of rank and of pedigree, came

With a beau of distinction, Van TuL1p by name;

Field-officer Poppy, in trim militaire ;

An unfortunate youth, Hracintuvs the fair;

With Major Convotvoxvs, fresh from parade,

And his son, though a Minor, in purple cockade ;

A pair from the country, affecting no show,

Pretty Bersy the belle, and SwEET-WILLIAM
the beau,

Succeeded; and next, in the simplest attire,

Miss JessaM1NE pale, and her lover SwEET-BRIER;

AURICULA came, in puce velvet and white,

With her spouse Potyantuvs, a rich city knight;

1 Coquelicot—the red poppy—here used to describe the
colour of the dress.

2 Rotterdam—the carnation and tulip are especially culti-
vated in Holland—hence the reference to Rotierdam, a town
in that country, and to Van tulip, Van being a Dutch title
Ct rank,