Thy fair virtues lie confest;
Fidelity thy constant motto,—
Warmth of friendship speaks the test.”
CHARLES II. AND PET SPANIEL, AT DAWNEY COURT, BUCKS,
SEAT OF THE DUCHESS OF CLEVELAND.
(From old and rare print. )
Little Princess Amelia, the darling of all who knew her, petted every thing that came in her reach—her family, her servants, her horses, kittens, dogs and birds. One painting represents her as a chubby, winsome baby, playing with a King Charles; another shows her as a merry little girl with her pet bird. When she had grown up into a young lady, her sister Augusta gave her a bird which she greatly prized. Two days after her death it was brought by an attendant to the donor. The Princess Amelia had so ordered it, she said, requesting only that it should not be returned the day of her death, nor yet the day after, lest its presence might affect her sister too deeply in those first hours of sorrow.
PRINCESS AMELIA AND HER DOG.
(From painting by Hoppner, in St. John’s Palace. )