tic care,
Each elevated thought was offer'd there.
Nor did the _lavish Votary_ deny
One solid charm,--but chilling Chastity.
Enraptur'd FOLLY bless'd the lucky hour
That gave so fair a subject to her power.
Nor did the long delay, with circling hand,
To wave around the Fair her magic wand.
When, lo!--the sudden Plumes her temples grac'd;
The yielding Stays sink downwards to the waist;
And, strange to tell, her rosy lips dispense
_Double-entendres_ and Impertinence.

Throughout the Hall a loud applause was heard,
Nor ceas'd till D----'s airy form appear'd.
No common offering she seem'd to bear;
Connubial tenderness,--the watchful care
Which tender Infants from their Mothers claim,
The sage demeanor, and the blameless name
In which High Life should ever be array'd,
Her steady hand upon the Altar laid.

The Queen with laughter loud her joy exprest,
And, strait, I saw the giddy _Countess_ drest
In Infant's garb, and like an Infant smil'd;
The Parent now was sunk into the Child.
The rattle pleas'd it, and the painted toy;
Awhile the trifles charm, but soon they cloy.
Anon she cries,--for some new play distrest,
'Till FETES CHAMPETRES hush it into rest.

Next B---- was seen, whose sprightly eye
Beam'd with the pertness of Vivacity.
To the gay shrine the wanton Fair proceeds,
And, smiling, offers up her Widow's weeds.
Here E----'s chaste vows, and proffer'd love,
With _Hymeneal_ garlands interwove,
And injur'd D----'s unavailing sighs,
Together form an ample sacrifice.

Delighted FOLLY wav'd her pow'rful wand!
A sprightly figure came at her command;
Its face of GALLIC mould and sallow hue.
And o'er his shoulder hung the _Cordon Bleu_.
Up-rose the QUEEN.--"My favourite Prince, she cried,
To me and to my House so near allied,
To you I shall resign no common care:
Beneath your wing I place a favourite Fair.
Regardless of her Children's growing years,
Deaf to their prattle, heedless of their tears;
Tir'd of her native land, and pleasant home,
On foreign shores she languishes to roam;
In foreign Courts to play coquettish arts,
And dart her lightnings into foreign hearts.
Yours is the Court where she would wish to shine;
And where's the heart so soon inflam'd as thine?"
She spoke.--They heard their Mis