And little Mabel’s song,

By a roving zephyr wafted,

She heard as she rode along.

“Ah, child!” she sighed as she listened,

A shadow upon her brow—

“With the birds, and the bees, and the blossoms

How happy and gay art thou!”

Standing knee-deep in clover,

Mabel looked up and saw

The glitter and royal splendor,