The summer crept from May to June,

When flow’rs yield most their perfumes sweet,

And add their charms to the saloon,

To make the banquet-room complete.

See: there they are, of every hue,

Of every cast, in aspect rare;

All greeting all who deign to view,

And smiling on the happy pair.

Their meet companions all attend—

Those crownèd giants of the pine,—