To waltz with the lustrous Japan,[88] now quite gay;
While the Magpie[89] obtained universal applause,
By fluttering a hornpipe upon his hind claws.
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The Vapourer[90] came not, but he was no loss,
For wherever he went he was stupid and cross;
And his wife, an old dowdy, bereft of all wings,
Was unfit to appear as th’ associate of Kings;
The Dagger[91] came armed, and looked all around,
But his charmer, Miss Snout,[92] was no where to be found,
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For she had not been asked, and the Figure of Eight,[93]