Serve it in a buttercup—ah, 'tis very cruel,

That she is so ailing, pretty Violetta!

Locust, stop your violin, till she's feeling better.


THE ENCHANTED TALE OF BANBURY CROSS.

"Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross,

To see an old woman jump on a white horse;

With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,

She shall make music wherever she goes."