of bees,

And in syllables sweet as their honey,

You say "Mamma wishes to know, if you please,

When you mean to begin to be funny?"

To-night, giddy child, when I enter'd the room

My inducement, believe me, was only

A hope that the wine-cup and dance might illume

For one evening a life that is lonely.

In this region of pleasure my clouded career

May be thought for a time pretty sunny;