In scarlet looked their best.
The Oaks, then the Maples, followed by the Ashes, skip across the room by twos, bowing to Miss Weather, and returning to their places, after the fashion of the Chestnuts.
And balanced all their partners,
And gaily fluttered by;
The sight was like a rainbow
Now fallen from the sky.
While the teacher is reciting the four lines given above, all the children are still, but at its close, all skip about partners, holding their clasped hands high above the head, skipping tiptoe, as before, and very light and gay.
Then in the rustic hollows,
At “hide-and-seek” they played,
The party closed at sundown,