KEW IN FAVOUR 65 



Amid a rapturous Nation's praise 



That sees thee to their prayers restored, 



Turn gently from the general blaze, 

 Thy Charlotte woos her bosom's lord. 



Turn and behold where, bright and clear, 



Depictured with transparent art, 

 The emblems of her thoughts appear, 



The tribute of a grateful heart. 



O ! small the tribute, were it weigh'd 

 With all she feels or half she knows ! 



But noble minds are best repaid 



From the pure spring whence bounty flows. 



P.S. The little bearer begs a kiss 

 From dear papa, for bringing this. 



In the middle of March, after their unusually 

 long stay at Kew, the royal family moved to 

 Windsor, the King riding on horseback, to be 

 received by the townsfolk with an ovation of 

 welcome. In June, to complete the cure, he 

 went to Weymouth for sea-bathing, everywhere 

 on the journey hailed with acclamations and 

 demonstrations that might well have turned a 

 weak head. At Weymouth, the exuberant 

 loyalty of the people was embarrassing. All the 

 shops and bathing-machines placarded God Save 

 the King, a device repeated on the bonnets and 

 waists of the bathing -worn en, as indeed on 

 dresses all over England. "All the children," 



