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;