From these realms of the morn, as the queen of the east 
Did the goddess of Flow’rs step forth to her feast, 
„ Attended by Sylphs and Aerial quires 
A numerous band with their silvery lyres ; 
And Cupid stood waiting impatient to go. 
With his little blue wings but no quiver or bow ; 
When the harbinger Skylark was heard in the sky, 
And was soaring, and rising, and singing on high 
Whilst mounting thro’ aether he w 7 arbled away 
His sweet serenade to the palace of day. 
And the star of the morning was still to be seen 
When the rosy Aurora went forth with the queen, 
When the beautiful Flora, and Cupid or Love, 
Were conducted by her from their regions above. 
And the hours flew swiftly and made them their care, 
Waving garlands and wreaths as they pass’d thro’ the air: 
No Sprite did they meet, no Fairy or Fay, 
These elfins had flown at approach of the day; 
Yet the dew on the grass and dark circlets of green 
Shew d where Mab and her own tiny people had been— 
Where they danc’d in the night, for their revels they keep, 
By the light of the Moon, when the world is asleep. 
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