Such are the scenes, that, at the front and the side
Of the Twelfth-Cake-Shops, scatter wild dismay;
As up the slipp'ry curb, or pavement wide,
We seek the pastrycooks, to keep Twelfth day;
While ladies stand aghast, in speechless trance,
Look round—dare not go back—and yet dare not advance.
Hone's "Every-Day Book."
GALLERY OF COMICALITIES—No. LXXVI.
BEFORE AND AFTER MARRIAGE;