’Tis best to fix the very day:

So, by a learned friend’s advice,

I’ve made it Noon, the Fourth of May.’

‘HOW CHEERFULLY THE BOND HE SIGNED!’

‘But this is April!’ Peter said.

‘The First of April, as I think.

Five little weeks will soon be fled:

One scarcely will have time to wink!

Give me a year to speculate—