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Look’d down with chagrin which they could not 
disguise, 
That they were not fixed on to carry the prize. 
At length the young nobleman ventured to name 
The following spring, and supported his claim, 
By duly consulting a reverend Seer, 
Dandelion, who augured the wedding that year, 
Moved to give his opinion by breath of perfume, 
And nodding assent with his silvery plume. 
For licence, his lordship in person applied 
To the high Crown Imperial, whose court he 
described 
By the Golden Rod, ensign of state, by his side. 
Returning from thence in the course of his journey, 
He ordered the deeds of J onquil, the attorney; 
And anxious a speedy conclusion to bring, 
Set Love-chain and Gold-dust to work on the 
ring 
Now April was garnished with smiles, and the day 
Was fixed for the first of luxuriant May. 
Along the green garden, in shade or in sun, 
All was business and bustle, and frolic and fun; 
For, as Flora had granted a full dispensation 
To every gay tribe in her blooming creation, 
By which at the festival all might appear, 
Who else were on duty but parts of the year; 
There was now such a concourse of beauty and 
grace, 
As had not, since Eden, appeared in one place; 
