Charming maidens, smiling brightly,
Moving gracefully and lightly
As the fawn,
Linger still, let me invite you,
Surely on this short June night you
Dance till dawn.
Till the early bird will get the
Worm, and seaside shrimpers net the
Shrimp or prawn.
Whilst they print the morning paper,
Let us glide and whirl and caper
Till the dawn.
Till, with waking chirp of sparrows,
Early costermongers' barrows
Forth are drawn.
Till the candles flare and gutter.
And the daylight, through the shutter,
Peeps at dawn;
Till the cock is crowing; listen!
And the dainty dewdrops glisten
On the lawn;
Till my pretty partner's posies,
Made of June's delightful roses,
Droop at dawn;
Till my collar's limp and flabby--
Then I hail the sleepy cabby,
As I yawn;
Home, to dream of sweet cheeks blushing
Like the sky, now rosy flushing
At the dawn.
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TRES BEAU-TANICAL.--An Aladdin-like Magic-Lamp and Magic-Lantern
Night at the Botanical Gardens on Wednesday. A thousand additional
traditional lamps. The Flower of the Aristocracy, being at the State
Ball, is represented by the Aristocracy of Flowers (in the absence
of Lord and Lady BATTERSEA, without whom no Floral _Fete_ can be
absolutely perfect) in every part of these beautiful gardens. Bands
playing; but not sufficient distance between them, so that when they
performed, simultaneously, entirely different tunes, the effect was
far from soothing to the listeners' nerves. Why not adopt the plan
admirably carried out at the Marlborough House Garden Party, where one
band having finished, another, at a distance, commenced? Why among the
harmony of colours at the Botanical should there be produced by the
conflict of two tunes, taken in different times, but played at the
same moment, an inharmonious whole?
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LADIES' FASHIONS.--Extremes: _Minimum_--Bonnet; a ribbon and rosette.
_Maximum_--Hat; a Flower Garden on a Yard of Straw.
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