THE LUNCH.

"A Gothic window, where a damask curtain

Made the blank daylight shadowy and uncertain;

A slab of agate on four eagle-talons

Held trimly up and neatly taught to balance;

A porcelain dish, o'er which in many a cluster

Plump grapes hung down, dead ripe, and without lustre;

A melon cut in thin, delicious slices,

A cake, that seemed mosaic-work in spices;

Two china cups, with golden tulips sunny,