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FLORAL CEREMONIES. 
Straw me tlic ground with daff-a-down-dillics, 
And cowslips, and kingcups, and loved lilies. 
The pretty paunce, 
And the chevisaunce, 
Shall match with the flower-de-luce.” 
M. Drayton. 
Let us follow the singers through yon grove 
of myrtles into the open space heyond, where 
upon a grassy hillock, a throne is erected, of 
turf, overarched with boughs reft from the 
neighbouring trees, and literally covered with 
wreaths and clusters of the fairest flowers ; 
and lo, the queen I — 
“ See where she sits upon the grassie grecne, 
A seemly sight ! 
Xclad in scarlet, like a mayden queene, 
And ermines white. 
Upon her head a crimson coronet, 
With daffodils and damask roses set ; 
Bay leaves betweene, 
And primroses greene 
Embellish the sweete violet." 
, Spencer. 
We take leave of this portion of our subject 
with the words of the sweetest of Spanish 
poets 
