That all parties must bow to a monarch’s decree.
Lady Lappet[50] being ill, the Poplar Lutestring[51]
The two Misses Nonpareil[52] promised to bring;
And the Spectacle Moth,[53] too near sighted to go,
Sent his ward the Bright Eye,[54] with the Flame Furbelow,[55]
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Whose young lover, the beautiful, brave Unicorn,[56]
Had been shot in a duel with the Red Striped Hawthorn.[57]
Not quite fit to appear, the gallant Swallow Tail[58]
At the doctors with anger continued to rail,
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He having been lamed by the awkward Bulrush,[59]