And now came the nurse, and during a pause,

Her dead-leaf satin would fitly cause

A very autumnal rustle—

So full of figure, so full of fuss,

As she carried about the babe to buss,

She seem'd to be nothing but bustle.

XLIX.

A wealthy Nabob was Godpapa,

And an Indian Begum was Godmamma,

Whose jewels a Queen might covet—