Comes a flock of noble ladies,

Painted most, and all decolletees;

Come the Bishops and the Judges,

Gravely taking up their places;

Clad in their state robes, the Judges,

Like to agéd washerwoman;

In their puffed lawn sleeves, the Bishops,

Fussy, like the hen that cackles

Over new-laid egg or chicken;

Come diplomatists by dozens,