Full fifty, stood in regular marshall’d keep,

Cheering, most lustily, her ladyship,

As she alighted from the stately chaise,

And, like a fairy, trod the crimson baize,—

Which, on the doorsteps, had been placed with care

In the hour’s absence of the nuptial pair.

VIII.

The banquet-board is spread in bounteous style,

And every face around it bears a smile;

With fruit and flowers the hall is well perfumed;