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I MY lady's boudoir 2 pet's punishment 22 IN A BALCONY AT BARNES 24 REGRETS . . . . . 27 TWO AND TWO 29 WEARY . . . . . 34 NUMBER ONE 37 FALSE OR TRUE? . 42 THE TWO MOTHERS — FIRST PICTURE 43 SECOND PICTURE 45 daisy's DIMPLES . 47 IN STRAWBERRY TIME 49 A lover's lullaby 53 TOO TRUE .... 55 LITTLE CHINCHILLA . 58 BLANKTON WEIR . 62 CONTENTS. THE SEVEN AGES OF GIRLHOOD ZOOLOGICAL MEMORIES . A traveller's tarantella maids of the mallet Nina's necklace saint may maiden mountaineers princess poppy . A comedy ADIEU TO MABEL CLOVER a butterfly ballad pets of the ' petrel ' lucy's lips my valentine an april sermon off and away ! . little undine london-by-the-sea a river rhyme . snowflake a covent garden canticle the impartial . ten and twenty georgie's girdle in the foam COULEUR DE ROSE AMANTIUM IR/E . A BREEZY BALLAD TANGLE LOCK PAGE 73 76 80 83 86 88 94 96 98 102 104 108 no "5 116 121 126 131 134 140 144 146 151 153 158 159 162 167 170 T »- -^ CONTENTS. VII l.OVE-LOCKS THK KING OF THE CRADLE A LITTLE LOVE-LETTER . TWO CHRISTMAS EVES MOTHER O' PEARL HER NEST IN THE GRAPERY . A NUTSHELL NOVEL A GALLERY OF GIRLS — MISS LIZZIE LESLIE . MISS PEPITA PHILLIP. MISS GERTIE GAINSBOROUGH MISS MINNIE MILLAIS MISS ROSIE LEECH MISS CECIL SANDYS . DEDICATION 179 .85 190 192 200 202 204 208 210 212 214 216 21S 220 THE KEY-NOTE. TAKE the dainty quill of dove, (VJr) A baby harp of joy : I pen the lightest phase of love, I sing the fragile toy. I rave about a damsel's dress And versify on lace ; I burfiish gold on tiny tress, And praise a pretty face. Fdpen a fancy for a flirt. And rhyme on Beauty's bills ; Or 7vrite a sonnet on her shirt, As Laureate of Frills / MY LADY'S BOUDOIR. ^^^YM. Boudoir is a charming oasis, 'Mid dull arid deserts of life ; 'Tis the elegant haunt of the Graces Set free from society's strife ; 'Tis a haven of rest amid trouble- When the prism of fashion has flown— O'er the wreck of the froth of the bubble My Lady can ponder alone ! MV LADY'S BOUDOIR. II. She can tell to her love-birds her sorrow, When no interloper is nich ; She may hope for the jcy of to morrow, Or hopelessly have " a good cry ! " Ah, what dreams she can dream in the twilight.' — When no longer acting a part — In that exquisite mystical shy light, What truth she may tell to her heart ! III. Far away from all prying beholders, Their praise or their blame she may f^out; She may shake her bewitching white shoulders, Or sulkily grumble and pout : She may take crumpled notes from her pocket, And study them oft by the hour ; She may muse o'er a face in her locket- Sigh over a poor faded flow'r. MY LADY'S BOUDOIR. IV. In her moments of grief or dejection, (Her life without these may not pass), She'll reflect on the tearful reflection— A pretty sad face in the glass ! Or when dimpled bright Joy may have kist her As Love comes his darling to claim- She will smile on her pretty twin sister, Who smiles upon her from the frame I V. 'Tis an elegant chamber and cosy, In taste it is simple and true. And its rich window-curtains are rosy, Its walls are of celadon hue : They are hung with Du Maurier's sketchings Of satire of salon or street. And with Rajon and Whistler's etchings And favourite cartes de visite. J/y LADY'S BOUDOIR. VI. Just a touch of the craze chinacratic Is shown in those Staftbrdshire nniirs ; In the plates, with their dragons erratic, And curious Japanese jugs. In the quaint old Majolica fishes, The hideous Indian elves, And the rare Dresden figures and dishes. That stand on the Chippendale shelves. VII. See the chairs, like to couches of heather; The carpet, like moss to the tread ; And the screen of choice Cordovan leather, The sofa as soft as a bed ; The quaint mirrors that came from Murano, The skins of the chamois and sheep. With the daintiest little piano. And lounges that lull you to sleep. J/V LADY'S BOUDOIR. VIII. There's a clock with bright blossoms for numbers, And minutes enamelled in blue, With old Time, scarce awake from his slumbers, Reposing on rich orniolu ; Golden pointers are silently chasing — Quite deaf to the argentine ring — They loiter not once in their racing, Tho' Beauty may sorrow or sing ! IX. Can she stay that old scythe with her treasure ? Can flowers hide fugitive Time ? ' Is the knell of each fast-fading pleasure Tolled sweeter by silvery chime ? She may cheat herself, if she is able, And play with the enemy tricks — " Rose past lily " is only a fable, It means but a quarter past six ! .1/K LADY'S BOUDOIR. X. Would you look at the varied selection Of books, in this snug little spot ? See the authors who gain lier affection. With Thackeray, Dickens, and Scott? Tho' Minerva she fancies a bore is, She loves those who laugh when they teach — See the volumes of verses and stories, The scrap-book of sketches by Leech. XI. See her desk with its elegant litter Of letters half penned and half read ; With the Genoese inkstand a-glitter. Where petals of roses are shed : See her half-opened purse and her papers, A glove and some charms on a chain, And the seals and the rose-coloured tapers, Her keys and a steel c/iatelatne. MV ZADY'S BOUDOIR. XII. See the basket of work half completed, The braiding that's hardly begun, And the pictures so girlfully treated. The sketches all brimming with fun : See the Cupids that clamour for kisses — Well drawn by a dear little maid — And the work of Old Masters, young misses Have thrown for a time in the shade ! XIII. 'Tis the pleasantest place in the Spring-time To lounge thro' the bright sunny hours, When we hope longer days may soon bring time All gay with new bonnets and flow'rs ; When the chesnuts at Bushey are snowy, And Hope brighter destiny weaves. When the hyacinth-glasses are showy, And Nature turns over new leaves. Jl/V LADY'S BOUDOIR. XIV. Ah ! a chat in this chamber so nice is, When girls twine their tresses with bUie, And make bets on the Cam and the Isis, And worship their favourite crew ; When Spring, with her touch taHsmanic, Leaves Winter to desolate doom ; And the tent at the breezy Botanic Is rich in a revel of bloom ! XV. When sweet T^Iay, with a bountiful measure, Rains down her bright blossoms in showers ; And when duty seems almost a pleasure, And life nought but sunshine and flowers ! When the dawn of the Season's unclouded — As London is once more alive — With the Opera daintily crowded. And thronged are the Row and the Drive. lo MY LADY'S BOUDOIR. xvr. How they dote on each merry May Meeting- I don't mean at ExeteV Hall — But the gossip, the chatter and greeting Pervading each concert and ball ; The words that are whispered in waltz-time, To butterfly flutter of flirts ; When fairy feet falter in false time. To froufrou of feminine skirts ! XVII. Ah ! the days down at Ascot delicious, The skies of forget-me-not blue ; And those meetings, of course adventitious, On Sunday, so oft, at the Zoo. O the ceaseless flirtation and chatter ! What tales one could tell, if he durst, Of the loves that are lost at the latter. The gloves that are won at the first ! MY LADY'S BO UD 01 R. 1 1 xviir. Then the mornings of picture reviewing Within tiie Academy walls ; And the terrible headaches ensuing, The worry of callers and calls ! Ah ! the scent of the violet blending, With ballad some beauty may sing — Chords of sound and of perfume transcending, The magical music of Spring ! XIX. ' lis a bower of bliss in the Summer, When swallows sing low in the eaves, And the advent of any fresh comer Is hymned by the music of leaves ; When the air with sweet perfume is laden, And quiver the gay stripen blinds ; When the bright blushing cheek of each maiden Is kissed by the soft summer winds ! 12 MY LADY'S BOUDOIR. XX. How they reckon each joyous occasion, Where bright sunny hours shall be spent, And make plans for a girlish invasion To lunch in some Wimbledon tent ; If their frills should be wide worn or narrow, If skirts should be lengthy or short ; Of the chances of Eton and Harrow, Or being presented at Court. XXI. Then their partners they praise and disparage, Or fling back their soft scented hair, And talk over the latest good marriage And dresses at Hanover Square. How they prattle without rhyme or reason ! Or, hushed in some dainty day-dream, They will hum the last waltz of the season, Or banquet off strawberry-cream ! M V LAD y 'S BO UDOIR. 1 3 XXII. Then how gladly each overdanced martyr Will give up her " afternoon Park," Just to dine at the dear " Star and Garter," And snugly drive home in the dark ! How the light in bright eyes brighter kindles, As darlings will joyfully vote, To run down to luncheon at Skindle's, And moon up to Marlow by boat ! XXIII. O the boredom at old Lady Quince's ! Whose dinners are terribly slow, O the rapture of rinking at Prince's ! Tho' wheel is a prelude to woe. O the joy of a crisp early canter ! The lounge in the Park 'neath the trees : And the gossip, the scandal, and banter, And fun at the Hurlingham teas ! 14 MY LADY'S BOUDOIR. XXIV. When my Lady is dreamily playing, What fancies she'll oft improvise ! As her dimpled white fingers are straying In ecstacy over the keys ! And the eyes of your innamorata Remind vou such moments are fleet — As she plays you the " Moonlight Sonata," Or sings to you " Summer is Sweet I " XXV. 'Tis a glorious lounge in the Autumn, When girls show a longing to roam, And declare that the swallows have taught 'em 'Tis time to be flitting from home ! When the pink on the peach almost matches The bloom on the cheek of my fair, And the gleam on the corn nearly catches The hue of the gold in her hair ! Jl/y LAD Y'S BOUDOIR. 15 XXVI. When the sun of the Season is setting — As London her legion disbands — When each beauty quits ball-room coquetting, For flirting on Scarborough sands ! When Terpsichore's own picaninny — As Fashion unshackles her slaves — Leaves the music of Coote and of Tinney, For singing of surf- sighing waves ! XXVII. They are full then of bustle and hurry, And long to be off on their flight ; For they read nought but Bradshaw and Murray And guide-books from morning till night. They pant for the worry and clatter Of diligence, railway and boat, And they long for the polyglot chatter Endured at each gay table dlibtef i6 MY LADY'S BOUDOIR. XXVIII. They are ripe for the roughest exertion, And talk about doing Mont Blanc, As they dream of the Alpine excursion, The mule and the slow char-a-banc ; Or of rising, when daylight is dawning. In Italy's climate divine ; And of dinner on deck, 'neath the awning, By vine-clustered hills of the Rhine ! XXIX. the vision of girlish distresses. The pitiful pouting of pets ! As they chat over " knock-about " dresses. And talk over thick ulsterettes Ah ! the chorus of maidens ecstatic, ' Who long for the Chamouni pines ; For a glimpse of the blue Adriatic, Or sight of the rich Apennines ! A/y LADY'S BOUDOIR. 1 7 XXX. O the picture of packing and pleasure, The flutter that reigns in tlie nest ! And the mixture of labour and leisure — The days full of bustle and rest. As the Queen of the flitting unravels New plans for the pluming of wings ; Or perchance slumbers o'er "Tiny Travels," Or sweetly " The Vagabond " sings. XXXI. 'Tis the snuggest retreat in the Winter, When dreary and short are the days ; When the beech-billets crackle and splinter, When ruddy and bright is the blaze ; When the room is deliciously mellow — Weird shadows come fast as they go — And the ceiling is chequered and yellow. And gloom gives a glory to glow. 1 8 MY LADY'S BOUDOIR. XXXII. When the lamp, with its shade opalescent, To chesnut turns bonny brown curls, And the laughter of maids effervescent Wells up from the prattle of girls ! Then their wisdom seems nothing but folly, And folly seems all but divine ; When lips laugh at the red of the holly, And mistletoe hangs as a sign ! XXXIII. In the midst of this weather hibernal Will beauty indulge in a pique ? Will she find an enjoyment supernal. In patience, in chess, or beziqiie 1 Or perchance with sheer laziness smitten She has nothing then left to desire — If she curls like her own Persian kitten. And basks in her fur by the fire ! A/y LADY'S BO [/DO IK. 19 XXXIV. She may sit with her feet on the fender, And gaze upon dainty kid shoes ; She may grow sentimental and tender, Or sing off a fit of the " bhies." She may muse there in dreamy quiescence— A Gheber you see at a glance— And read in the logs' incandescence, A world of the wildest romance. XXXV, Ah ! what plans for the passing of slow time Some fur-coated beauty imparts. As she sighs for the sleighing in snow-time. And laughs at the slaying of hearts ! For this sweet little siren in sable— Who looks so bcwitchingly nice Is as willing, as ready and able, To tempt us on dangerous ice ! 20 MY LADY'S BOUDOIR. XXXVI. How she longs for the hyaline ice-time And musical ring of the skate 1 As she plays with sweet feeling and nice time " Les Patineurs," from Le Prophete. Or with Dickens's grand Christmas stories She dreams in the close-curtained bay, And forgets in their magical glories The dull Christmas-tide of to-day. xxxvn. You may listen to plots histrionic For whiling long evenings away, With charades or z. proverbe laconic, Some tableaux, a concert or play : And you'll hear how mere novices hanker — With faith in their untested pow'rs— To attempt to play Lady Gay Spanker, Or e'en Mary Netley in Ours ! MV LADVS BOUDOIR. 21 XXXVIII. There's something omitted. I know it, And own it at once when I say, If I had but the pen of a poet, And magical brush of Millais, I should feel I'd neglected no duty — As sadly I say Au revoir — Forced to leave undescribed the chief beauty That reigns in My Lady's Boudoir. PET'S PUNISHMENT. I. \ IF my love offended me, And we had words together, To show her I would master be, I'd whip her with a feather ! II. If then she, like a naughty girl, Would tyranny declare it, I'd give my pet a cross of pearl, x\nd make her always bear it. PET'S PUNISHMENT. 23 III. If still she tried to sulk and sigh, And threw away my posies, I'd catch my darling on the sly, And smother her with roses ! IV. But should she clench her dimpled fists, Or contradict her betters, I'd mianacle her tiny wrists With dainty golden fetters. V. And if she dared her lips to pout — Like many pert young misses — I'd wind my arm her waist about, And punish her — with kisses ! IN A BALCONY AT BARNES. Zth April 1876.. \0 prudish professors from Girton, jy Altlio' they're a couple of " blues," Who know more of rowing 'tis certain Than strong-minded Beckerite "views." Such beauties seem made to be petted — So smiling, bewitching, and bright, So daintily gloved and rosetted, Such Queens of the Dark and the Light ! IN A BALCONY AT BARNES. 25 II. They prattle of " smartness of feather," And talk about " winning the toss ; " They chatter of "keeping together," Of errors in "steering across." Each feels that her own crew is winning, And speaks of a " glorious spurt ; " They know that to " catch the beginning," Is good for a rower — or flirt ! III. When blue blades flash past on the river. Then anxious are blue-bedight crirls : In bosoms forget-me-nots shiver, And violets nestle in curls ! They breathlessly wait for the crisis — As boats hurry fast to the mark — Will Cam throw a pallor on Isis ? Or tears turn light ribbons to dark ? 26 IN A BALCONY A T BARNES. IV. Then pull for the pride of the river— For tiny cerulean glove, For droplets of turquoise that quiver In ears of the girl whom you love ; For the lazuli bracelet that presses The wrist of your own little pet, For glory of azure-twined tresses — Pull hard for the blonde and brunette ! V. When oarsmen have ceased their appliance, When finished the muscular fight. Will pluck and Oxonian science Be conquered by "sweetness and light?" Though Fortune you fancy capricious, 'Twill scarcely be cause for surprise, If violet's perfume delicious Be vanquished by bright watchet eyes !' REGRETS. I. FOR the look of those pure grey eyes — Seeming to plead and speak — The parted Hps and the deep-drawn sighs, The blush on the kissen cheek ! II. O for the tangle of soft brown hair, Lazily blown by the breeze ; The fleeting hours unshadowed by care, Shaded by tremulous trees ! 28 REGRETS. III. O for the dream of those sunny days, With their bright unbroken spell, And the thrilling sweet untutored praise- From the lips once loved too well ! IV. O for the feeling of days agone, The simple faith and the truth, The spring of time and life's rosy dawn- O for the love and the youth ! '^(m TWO AND TWO. % Song of 5rf)ooI Girls. /^i^OAIE the little ones in frocks, \VJQ With their broiderecl knickerbocks, And their tangled sunny locks — Laughing crew ! Come the dimpled darling pets, With their tresses all in nets, And their snow-white pantalettes Just in view : 30 TIVO AND TWO. Come the gay and graceful girls, With their chignons and their curls- Sweetest string of Beauty's pearls, Two and two ! II. What delicious laughter trills. When rude Boreas half wills. Just to flutter fairy frills All askew ! And as petticoats are short, Frequent glimpses may be caught— Though p'r'aps this may be naught Unto you — Of small, deftly booted feet. Of slim legs and ankles neat. Passing by you much too fleet Two and two ! riFO AND Tiro. 31 III. On tlie Book of Beauty's page Fairer girls of ev'ry age, Skilful artist, I'll engage, Never drew. Tender Ten may dote on toys, While for Twelve jam tarts have joys. Feat Fourteen's in love with boys — Not a few ; And sweet, bonny, bright Sixteen Wears an arch coquettish mien, As they walk upon the Green Two and two ! IV. Here the coming flirt appears. With the belle of after-years, And the beauty even peers I^Iay pursue : 32 TIVO AND TWO. Each Lilliputian fair Gallant Guardsmen may ensnare, Or enthral a millionaire, And subdue ! Who would think such mischief lies In the future of their sighs, Or such pretty childlike eyes- Two and two? V. There are eyes of peerless brown, That in time may take the town ; There are others drooping down — Black or blue — Whose bright flashes you may find Will be-dazzle — nay, may blind — E'en the wisest of mankind, False and true. TIVO AND TIVO. 33 Pouting lips we cannot miss, Sweet foreshadowings of bliss — Which, in truth, seem made to kiss Two and two ! VI. When school studies are all done, And life's lessons have begun, And rich lovers, one by one, Gladly sue : When each bright-eyed little pet, Leaves De Porquet for Debrett ; Or perchance a coronet Comes to woo — They have learnt, for after-life. That the husband and the wife Should together face its strife Two and two I WEARY. <5^P'M sick of t o' vn I m wea; C?P(0'M sick of the world and its trouble, QnQ i m weary of pleasures that cloy, I see through the bright-coloured bubble, And find no enjoyment in joy. II. Is all that we earn worth the earning? Is all that we gain worth the prize ? Is all that we learn worth the learning ? Is pleasure but pain in disguise ? Jl'EAKV. III. Is sorrow e'er worth our dejection ? Is fiime but a tlatterer's spell? Is love ever worth our affection ? Lejeu vmit-il, done, la chatidelle ? IV. O where are the eyes that enthralled us. And where are the lips that we kissed? Where the siren-like voices that called us, And where all the chances we missed ? V, We know not what mortals call pleasure— For clouded are skies that were blue ; To dross now has melted our treasure, And folse are the hearts that were true. 36 WEAR Y. VI. The flowers we gathered are faded, The leaves of our laurels are shed ; Our spirit is broken and jaded, The hopes of our youth are all dead. VII. We feel life is hopeless and dreary, Now night has o'ershadowed our day ; Bright fruits of this earth only weary, They ripen — to fall and decay ! VIII. I'm sick of the world and its trouble, For rest and seclusion I thirst ; I'm tired of the gay tinted bubble, That brighteneth only to burst ! i« ^f^. NUMBER ONE. Portrait of a Young Lady, ' No. I,' 171 a collection of one tJiou sand five Jmndred and eighty-three works of art, at the Exhibition of the Royal Academy. kY favourite, you must know, ijjl]((^ In the Piccadilly Show, Is the portrait of a lass Bravely done. 'Mid the fifteen eighty-three Works of art that you may see, There is nothing can surpass — * Number One ! ' 38 NUMBER ONE. II. Very far above the line Is this favourite of mine ; You may see her smiHng there O'er the crowds. If you bring a good lorgnette. You may see my dainty pet ; Like the Jungfrau, pink and fair, 'Mid the clouds. III. My enchanting little star, How I wonder what you are, With your rosy laughing lips Full of fun. Have you many satellites, Do you shine so bright o' nights. That there's nothing can eclipse > ' Number One ? ' NUMBER ONE. 39 IV, Are you constant in your loves? Do you change them with your gloves? Pray does Worth pervade your train- Or your heart ? Are you fickle, are you leal, Are your sunny tresses real. Or your roses only vain Works of art? V. I sincerely envy him Who the fortune had to limn Your bewitching hazel eyes With his brush : Who could study ev'ry grace In your winsome little face, And the subtle charm that lies In your blush. 40 NUMBER ONE. VI. I am sure it is a shame That your pretty face and frame. Ruthless hangers out of view Seek to hide : But no doubt Sir Francis G — And his myrmidons agree, Peerless angels such as you — Should be ' skved ! ' VII. Ah ! were I but twenty-two, I would hinge the knee to you, And most humbly kiss your glove At your throne : Thrice happy he whose sighs Draw this sweet Heart Union prize In the lottery of Love For his own ! NUMBER ONE. 41 VIII. If I knew but your papa, Could I only ' ask mamma,' It is clear enough to me As the sun. That all through this weary life, 'Mid its pleasure, pain, and strife. All my care and love should be 'Number One.' FALSE OR TRUE? fRUTH frequently lies, I've oft heard tell, In deepest depths of a deep, deep well : Can you imagine it always lies In fathomless depths of sweet brown eyes ? THE TWO MOTHERS. JFirst picture. ^^ HE loves the gandin's vapid stare, /^> And praise from all beholders — Adopts the latest tint in hair. And whitens tiiick her shoulders ! Her smiles are perfect works of art, And Worth makes all her dresses ; Her love comes from a hollow heart — From Brittany her tresses. 44 THE TWO MOTHERS. II. Her sallies and \\(tx jcux d' esprit Throughout the town are quoted, For trenchant speech and repartee, Madame is vastly noted. She cares not for the love of girls — Nor minds if they deride her — Her ponies equal Cora Pearl's, Her pearls out-Schneider Schneider ! III. She sees her children now and then With tolerant compassion ; Perchance she'll learn to love them when Maternity's the fashion. A childlike kiss her bloom might spoil, The dimpled hand of Mignon In baby-play might chance uncoil The fabric of her chignon. By the Seine, 1 868. TIJE TWO MOTHERS. 45 SfcontJ iJirturr. 1. In sunny girlhood's vernal life She caused no small sensation ; But. now the modest English wife To others leaves flirtation. She's young still, lovely, debonair, Although sometimes her features Are clouded by a thought of care For those two tiny creatures. II. Each tiny, toddling, mottled mite Asserts with voice emphatic, In lisping accents, ' Mite is right.' Their rule is autocratic : 46 THE TWO MOTHERS. The song becomes, that chaimed mankind, Their musical narcotic, And baby lips, than Love, she'll find, Are even more despotic ! III. Soft lullaby, when singing there, And castles ever building — Their destiny she'll carve in air, Bright with maternal gilding : Young Guy's a clever advocate — So eloquent and able — A powdered wig upon his pate, A coronet for Mabel ! Bv the Thames, 1874. jdaisy's dimples. GJ7PITTLE dimples so sweet and soft, gL^ Love the clicck of my love : The mark of Cupid's dainty hand, Before he wore a glove. II. Laughing dimples of tender love Smile on my darling's cheek ; Sweet hallowed spots where kisses lurk, And play at hide and seek. 48 DAISY'S DIMPLES. III. Fain would I hide my kisses there At morning's rosy Ught, To come and seek them back again In silvet hush of night. •■— 5K£ ^^^P"- IN STRA WBERR Y TIME. ;o OT, hot glows the sunshine in laughing July, Scarce flutter the leaves in the soft summer sigh : The rooks scarcely swing on the tops of the trees, While river-reeds nod to the odorous breeze : A rose-leaf, a-bask in the sunshiny gleam, Half sleeps in the dimples that chequer the stream ; The dragon-fly hushes his day-dreamy lay, The silver trout sulks in his sedge-shaded bay — While our thoughts sweetly run in a soft singing rlTvme, As we lazily loiter in strawberry time ! L) 50 IN STRA WBERR V TIME. II. Sweet, sweet is the scent of the newly-mown hay, Light borne by the breeze on a bright summer's day; And cool is the sound of the musical plash, As bright bubbles fall in the fountain and flash. 'Tis joy then to wander in gay golden hours. And dream 'mid the hues of the bright-tinted flow'rs ; When the velvety lawn is most soft to the tread, And ruddy fruit hangs in the leaf-covered bed- Then the roundest, the sweetest, the best of the prime, Will we gather together in strawberry time ! IN S TRA WBERR V TIME. 5 1 III. Joy, joy 'tis to whisj)er and laugh in tlie shade, And pkick the ripe fruit for my hazel-eyed maid ; To watch her delight as she eagerly clips A pink British Queen with her soft pouting lips ! While lovingly gazing I'm apt to compare The warm blushing berries with lij)s of my fair; I'm doubtful, indeed, if the fruit of the South Could equal the charm of her ripe little mouth — 'Tis so round and so soft, 'twould be scarcely a crime All my doubts to dispel in sweet strawberry time I 52 IN STRA WBERR Y TIME. IV. Light, light is the laughter that carelessly rings, And sweet is the carol she tenderly sings ! I murmur a story we all of us know — Her soft dainty dimples, they come and they go; Her eyelids droop down o'er those sweet little eyes, Her laughter is hushed in a tumult of sighs : Those pretty, plump fingers, red-stained to the tips. All tremble, while pouting are rosy-red lips. Then the bard whispers low, 'neath the tremulous lime, " Lips sweeter than fruit are in strawberry time ! " A LOVER'S LULLABY. I. IRROR your sweet eyes in mine, love, See how they glitter and shine ! Quick fly such moments divine, love. Link your lithe fingers in mine ! II. Lay your soft cheek against mine, love, Pillow your head on my breast ; While your brown locks I entwine, love, Pout your red lips when they're prest 1 54 A LOVER'S LULLABY. III. Mirror your fate, then, in mine, love ; Sorrow and sighing resign : Life is too short to repine, love, Link your fair future in mine ! TOO TRUE. I. IS over ! It is done at last ! ' The fetters Cupid forges Were riveted quite hard and fast, Last Monday, at St. George's. A shoddycrat with ample means, A priest intoning neatly, A bishop and two rural deans, Have tied the knot completely. 56 TOO TRUE. II. And so you're on your honeymoon, And wear a golden fetter ; You speculate — 'tis rather soon — " Is it for worse or better?" You're thinking of a year ago — 'Twas just such sunny weather — But somehow time went not so slow When we two were together. III. A year ago, those pretty eyes A world of truth reflected ; A year ago, your deepest sighs I never half suspected : A year ago, my tale I told, And you were glad to listen ; You were as pure, as good as gold, Or any maid fresh kissen. TOO TRUE. 57 IV. In life's brief play you chose your part, Poor little foolish vendor ! You sold your trustful loving heart For shoddy and for splendour. The sky so blue, the sea so glad, Brings joyous recollections ; And yet you seem a world too sad For honeymoon reflections ! LITTLE CHINCHILLA. •a Sgmpljong in JFur. f^ HE wears the shortest skirts, 7 And shows the whitest frilling ; She looks — as Queen of Flirts — Miraculously killing ! She'll skim the thinnest ice, As light as Queen Camilla, She looks supremely nice — My little pet Chinchilla ! LITTLE CIIIXCIIILLA. 59 II. The sleekest otter cufirs — The rosiest of real skin — The sable-est of muffs — The softest gloves of sealskin. The quaintest hose with clocks, A cloud like a mantilla, The velvetest of frocks — Wears little sweet Chinchilla ! should the gracious fates But deign to be propitious ; 1 strap her fairy skates, On furry boots delicious. Her willing hand I take — In spite of Aunt Priscilla — Then speed I o'er the lake, With little love Chinchilla ! 6o LITTLE CHINCHILLA. IV. The warmth of her regard I take as sort of token — Although it's freezing hard — Our social ice is broken ! Coquettish in her furs — She minds not my Manilla- All ! what a glance is hers, My little dear Chinchilla 1 V. She'll figure, glide and twirl, And worry the officials ; She'll cut out ev'ry girl, As easy as initials ! O I could skate for miles — Or dance a seguidilla — Cheered by the sunny smiles Of little smart Chinchilla ! LITTLE CIIIXCIJILLA. 6i IV. Had I enough a year, To find my sweet in sable, — To wrap my dainty dear In ermine were I able, — Had I a longer purse, A neat suburban villa. — For better or for worse I'd take my pet Chinxhilla. BLANKTON WEIR. a 22aater=sitic ILgric I. 50^IS a queer old pile of timbers, all gnarled and rough and green, Both moss-o'ergrown and weed-covered, and jagged too, I ween ! 'Tis battered and 'tis spattered, all worn and knocked about, Beclamped with rusty rivets, and bepatched with timbers stout ; A tottering, trembling structure, enshrining memories dear, I'his weather-beaten barrier, this quaint old Blankton Weir. BLANK- TON WEIR. 63 II. While leaning on those withered rails, what feelings oft come back, As I watch the white foam sparkling and note the current's track : What crowds of fleeting fancies come dancinsj through o DO my brain ! And the good old days of Blankton, I live them o'er again ; What hopes and fears, gay smiles, sad tears, seem mirrored in the mere, While looking on its glassy face by tell-tale Blankton Weir ! 64 BLANKTON WEIR. III. I've seen it basking 'neath the rays of summer's golden glow, And when sweetly by the moonlight, silver ripples ebb and flow ; When Nature starts in spring-time, awakening into life ; When autumn leaves are falling, and the yellow corn is rife ; 'Mid the rime and sleet of winter, all througli the live-long year. I've watched the water rushing through this tide-worn Blankton Weir. \ BLANKTON WEIR. 65 IV. And I mind me of one even, so calm and clear and bright, What songs we sang — whose voices rang — that lovely summer night. Where are the hearty voices now who trolleil those good old lays ? And where the silvery laughter that rang in bygone days? Come back, that night of long ago ! Come back, the moonlight clear ! When hearts beat light, and eyes were bright, about old Blankton A\'eir. 66 BLANKTON WEIR. Was ever indolence so sweet, were ever days so fine, As when we lounged in that old punt and played with rod and line ? 'Tis true few fish we caught there, but the good old ale we quaffed, As we chatted, too, and smoked there, and idled, dreamed, and laughed : Then thought we only of to-day, of morrow had no fear. For sorrow scarce had tinged the stream that flowed through Blank ton Weir. BLANKTON IVEIR. 67 VI. Those dreamy August afternoons, when in our skiff we lay, To hear the current inurmurincr as slow it swirled 'O away ; The plaintive hum of dragon-fly, the old weir's plash and roar, While Sotne-one's gentle voice, too, seems whispering there once more ; Come back, those days of love and trust, those times of hope and fear. When girls were girls, and hearts were hearts, about old Blankton Weir ! 68 BLANKTON WEIR. vn. Those brilliant sunny mornings when we tumbled out of bed, And hurried on a itw rough clothes, and to the river sped ! What laughing joyaunce hung about those merry days agone, We clove the rushing current at the early flush of dawn ! .' Tremendous headers ' took we in the waters bright and clear, And splashed and dashed, and dived and swam, just off old Blankton Weir. I BLANKTON IVEIR. 69 VIIl. Then that pleasant picnic-party, when all the girls were there, In pretty morning dresses and with freshly-braided hair ; Fair Annie, with the deep-blue eyes, and rosy, laugh- ing Nell, Dark Helen, sunny Amy, and the Howard girls as well ; Ah ! Lizzie, 'twas but yesterday — at least 'twould so appear — We plighted vows of constancy, not i\x from Blankton Weir. 70 BLANKTON WEIR. IX. Those flashing eyes, those brave true hearts, are gone, and few remain To mourn the loss of sunny hours that ne'er come back again : Some married are — ah ! me, how changed — for they will think no more Of how they joined our chorus there, or helped to pull the oar : One gentle voice is hushed for aye — we miss a voice so dear — Who cheered along with evensong our path by Blankton Weir. BLANK TON WEIR. 71 X, Amid the whirl of weary life, its worry and its bore, Comes back that well-loved lullaby — the old weir's distant roar: It gilds the cloud of daily toil with sunshine's fitful gleams, It breaks upon my slumber, and I hear it in my dreams : Like music of the good old times, it strikes upon mine ear — If there's an air can banish care, 'tis that of Blankton Weir ! 72 BLANKTON WEIR. XL I know the river's rushing, but it rushes not for me, I feel the morning blushing, though I am not there to see ; For younger hearts now live and love where once we used to dwell, And others laugh, and dream, and sing, in spots we loved so well ; Their motto ' Carpe diem '—'twas ours for many a year — As show these rhymes of sunny times about old Blankton Weir. THE SEVEN AGES OF GIRLHOOD. ' 7 V7^T T\vo, she is a liny lass, Q^iJ I /v \ And joy she scarcely knows from sorrow ; She scarce consults her looking-glass ; She has no thought of sad to-morrow! II. At Four she is a merry maid, And looks on auL;ht but play as folly; She can't believe bright flowers fade — That only sawdust is her dolly. 74 THE SEVEN AGES OF GIRLHOOD. III. At Eight, her troubles come in scores, For oft she is perverse and haughty ; A pouting puss in pinafores — Who's sometimes whipped when she is naughty ! IV. At Twelve, she is a saucy teaze, Who knows full well her glances rankle ; Her petticoats scarce veil her knees, And fairy frills scarce kiss her ankle. V. At Fifteen, she's the pearl of pets. And feels assured her pow'r is strengthened ; Her snowy school-girl trouserettes Are hidden when her skirt is lengthened. THE SEVEN AGES OF GIRLHOOD. 75 VI. At Sixteen, she's the sweetest sweet, And dresses in the hciglit of fashion ; She feels her licart 'neath bodice beat, In earnest for the tender passion. VII. At Eighteen, p'r'aps she may be sold Her lot to share, for worse or better ; She'll either sell her heart for £rold — Or give it for a golden fetter ! ZOOLOGICAL MEMORIES. '.(■ H, Dora, my darling, can your recollection yiy)\. Revert to a Sunday once early in June ? When leaving your Aunt's ever-watchful protection, You saucily said you'd ' come back again soon, But must see the seal and the spotted hyena, And doted on zoophytes scarlet and blue,' — Poor Aunt left at three, and at six we'd not seen her- That bright summer Sunday we met at the Zoo. II. You wore, I remember, the nicest of dresses. So simple and fresh, though it would not compare ZOOLOGICAL MEMORIES. 77 With Miss lUihl's splendid train, wliile your sunny bright tresses Could never out-rival her ' Brittany ' hair : Her parasol shaded the costliest bonnet — 'Tvvas gorgeous and showy, 'twas heavy and new ; While yours was of lace, with blush roses upon it, That gay summer Sunday we lounged in the Zoo. III. You recollect loitering down by the water — I mean by the pond where the pelicans dwell — A small glove was pressed, it was six and a quarter, A hand rather smaller was p'raps pressed as well ; You said it was nonsense, and would not believe me — I vowed, on my honour, 'twas perfectly true — Tiiose lashes down-drooping could never deceive me, That sweet summer Sunday we passed at the Zoo. 78 ZOOLOGICAL MEMORIES. IV. While strolling around that green pond edged with rushes — I wished we could wander for miles and for miles — Your eyes brightly shone, whilst the loveliest blushes Flushed cheeks dimpled o'er by the sweetest of smiles. Then archly you said, with the sweetest of glances, ' Who flirted at Prince's with Lily and Loo ? What makes you so churlish at dinners and dances, When you can be so nice when we meet at the Zoo?' How swift flew the hours as we wandered together. Forgetful of Aunt as she sat in the shade ! 'Twas really too bad in that broiling hot weather ; And when we returned what excuses you made ! ZOOLOGICAL MEMORIES. 79 'Past six, Aunt? It can't be! You surely are joking — We've not seen the zebra nor red kangaroo ! ' Then prettily pouting, you looked so provoking, That fine summer Sunday we roamed at the Zoo. VI. While bright autumn leaves in the countrv are fallinjr. And London is empty, the butterflies flown ; That sunshiny Sunday I can't help recalling, As I sit in dull chambers and ponder alone. And now you are down at ' The Larches,' my treasure. To find short days long, for there's nothing to do, Does ever come o'er you with exquisite pleasure The thought of that Sunday we loved at the Zoo? A TEA VELLER'S TARANTELLA. IVritti n in ' Murray's Handbook' while the band in the Piazza San Marco %vas playing the Tarantella from MasanieUo. ..SVJ3- %. i^LL that the tourist can dream of or hear Crowds on your sight as you carelessly peer about, Quaint water streets you so carefully steer about, See the Rialto, and Square of St. INIark ! Floating in gondolas, laughing and jollity, Cyprian wine of the very best quality, At Florian's caffc — mid fun and frivolity — Venice delightful from daylight to dark ! Musicians in plenty, Play '■ Ecco ridcnte,' A TKAVKLLEirs TARANTELLA. 8i Or ' Com'e gciitil,^ in the still summer nigln ; If you're in a hurry, Pray look in your Murray — You'll find his description is perfectly right ! II. Albergo Reale and English society, Bric-a-brac shops in their endless variety, Plenty of pigeons not fearful of pie-ety, Flutter and peck 'neath the bluest of skies. Dreaming in Venice ? Ah, wildest of fallacies — Bronzes and sculpture, mosaics and chalices, Convents and cliurches and prisons and palaces, See as you stand on the grim Bridge of Sighs ! The ballads of Byron, You'll find will environ The Doges and dodges and Brides of the Sea. Don't get in a flurry. But read it in Murray — If you don't care about it, then listen to me 1 82 A TRAVELLER'S TARANTELLA. III. Thousands of thirsty mosquitoes are biting one, Silvery moonlight is ever delighting one, Music and mirth every moment inviting one — Dreary old London we quickly forget ! Shylock and Portia — in short, the whole kit of 'em, Readers of Shakespeare recall ev'ry bit of 'em ; Troublesome guides, you can never get quit of 'em — Pictures by Titian and old Tintoret ! The sock and the buskin. With Rogers and Ruskin, Are mixed in a muddle with palace and sight ! It may be a worry. But don't forget Murray, He'll throw on your darkness some excellent light ! Caff6 Florian, Venezia. MAIDS OF THE MALLET. I. CrpF courtly old Watteau now wielded the palette, qUq How dainty the pictures his brush would have drawn ! Could he but have seen the sweet Maids of the Mallet Who flutter and flirt on our velvetv lawn ! II. 'Tis down by the Thames where the summer wind bloweth, Just serving to shiver the tremulous trees, Where sleepy reeds bend to the ripple that floweth. Scarce deigning to nod to the somnolent breeze. 84 MAIDS OF THE MALLET. III. For croquet, the game, I have no admiration, But who, in his senses, could ever refuse To hammer his toes in a quiet flirtation With one of these daintily-booted croqueiises ? IV. The bright eye of Beatie send shafts that will rankle, The smile of sweet CamiUe it comforts and kills ; You never, I'm sure, saw a neater-turned ankle Than peeps from 'neath Jennie's white fanciful frills. V. A part of our game I will give you a hint on — If you're thirsty, and hanker for something and ice — A bountiful beaker of boraged Badminton You will find, in the shade, is uncommonly nice ! MAIDS OF THE MALLET. S5 VI. Deep draughts from the two-handed, dew-clouded chalice, While musing alone, is most sweet, 'tis confessed : But sweeter than all to drink after sweet Alice, And kiss the same silver her pouting lips pressed ! VII. 'Tis rapture to lounge in such exquisite clover, To bask in the sunshine of Gwendolen's eyes ! With light-hearted Milly to be a gay ' rover,' Or * spoon ' to the music of Rosalie's sighs ! VIII. These Maids of the Mallet, they shake out their tresses — While men gather round at their siren-like call — And artfully loop-up diaphanous dresses, To break stalwart hearts as they'd croquet a ball .' NINA'S NECKLACE. I. Crp HAVE brought the string of pearls qUq For my prettiest of girls : Let your merry laughter ring ! Do not reck The wild ripple of your hair, On your dimpled shoulders bare — As I clasp the sheeny string Round your neck ! AIKA 'S A'£ CKLA CE. 87 II. Here are sixteen snowy pearls, Glad to nestle in your curls, Round your neck they closely cling With delight — Fitting emblem of your years. Free from sorrow, care and tears : Sixteen summers softly sing, Pure and bright ! III. Though your sweetest sunny smiles, And your winsome girlish wiles, Right and left you gaily fling — Merry miss ! From your lips I claim reward — If you'll graciously accord? — I will clasp the snowy string With a kiss ! SAINT MAY a Ct'tg Hgrtc. I. f^ T. ALOYS the Great is both mouldy and grim, / The Decalogue's dusty, the windows are dim ; Not knowing the road there, you'll long have to search Before you discover this old City church ; Yet often on fine Sunday mornings I stray. To see a new saint, whom I've christened St. May. S.-ILVT ^U.IV. 89 II. The one bell is cracked in its crazy old tower, Tiie sermon oft lasts rather more than an hour The parson is prosy, the clerk eighty-three, The organ drones out in a sad minor key ; Yet quickly the moments I find fly away, I pass- every week at the shrine of St. May. III. Of saints I've seen plenty in churches before — In Florence or Venice they're there by the score ; Agnese, Maria — the rest I forget — By Titian, Bassano, and brave Tintoret : They none can compare, though they're well in their way, In maidenly grace witli my dainty St. May. go SAINT MA y. IV. She sits in a high, ancient, black oaken pew, Which ahTiost conceals her fair face from my view ; The sweetest of pictures it can't be denied, With two tiny sisters who sit by her side, Who lisp the responses, or kneel down to pray, With little hands locked in the palm of St. May. V. She's young for a saint, for she's scarcely eighteen, And ne'er could wear peas in those dainty doffines ; Her locks are not shaven, and 'twould be a sin To wear a hair-shirt next that delicate skin ; Save diagonal stripes on a dress of light gray, Stripes ne'er have been borne by bewitching St. May. SALVT M.I v. 9, VI. She's almost too plump and too round for a saint, With sweet little dimples that Millais might paint ; Without mediaival nor mortified mien, Or wimple of yellow, or background of green — A nimbus of hair throws its sunshiny ray Of glory around the fair face of St. May. VII. What surquayne or partlet could look better than My saint's curly jacket of black Astracan ? What coif than her bonnet — a triumph of skill — Or alb than her petticoat edged with a frill? So sober, yet smiling — so grave, yet so gay, O where is a saint like my charming St. May ? 92 SAINT MA V. VIII. The sermon is finished, the blessing is o'er, The sparse congregation drift out at the door ; I pause, as I stroll down the gloomy old aisle, To see my saint pass, and perchance get a smile I'd almost change faith, like the Vicar of Bray, To pass all my life in adoring St. May. IX. I wend my way home to my chambers alone. And sunshine is gone and the summer seems flown ; But then does a vision of brightness arise. Of pureness and truth in those eloquent eyes ; For not a mere picture nor image of clay, To worship by rubric, is gentle St. May. SA/XTMAY. 93 X. Tliroiigli the weary, dull week, as it rolls on apace, I'm haunted by thoughts of that tender young face ; I dream of her spirit, so yielding and kind, Her goodness of heart, and her pureness of mind ; And I long for the hour, and count on the day, To sit at a distance and gaze on St. May. XI. No doubt you'll be vastly surprised when you're told Her name in the Calendar is not enrolled — They prattled of ' May,' the sweet sisterly pair, I added the ' Saint,' — she was canonized there. If saints might wed sinners, I'd vieKl to her swiiv. And straightway would fall on my knees to St. May ! MA I DEN MO UNTA INKERS. a Shctcfj at ffifjamount. GT ;(t OOK at the strong little smart Alpine climbers, V •t^'?-) Sated with scrambles o'er rivers and rocks (^Vhose titles would puzzle the craftiest rhymers), Proud of their crajnpons and red knickerbocks 1 Brown are their hands and right ruddy their faces. Hear, them discourse on the mountains they've 'done'! Watch the delight of their muscular graces, Voting the glissade most exquisite fun ! MAIDEN MOUXTAIXF.ERS. 95 II. Edelweiss laughingly lurks in their tresses — Though pretty, they're plucky as Balmat the Hold- Daintily decked in the darlingest dresses, They smile at the danger and laugh at the cold \ Hear them dilate upon glaciers and passes, Peaks they have scaled, the expert little dears ! Snowstorms are nauglit to these limber young lasses, Chamois are shametl by these fair mountaineers '. ^%^ PRINCESS POPPY. 'E Sleeps 5ong. I. EATH the spreading trees in the garden Where the poppies nod in the chequered shade, In a silken hammock she pouts and lies, And smiles as she lazily droops her eyes ; As the rook, the brook, and the dragon-fly Combine in an exquisite lullaby — In calm July. PR/XCF.SS POPPY. 97 II. The daintiest dryad who softly sings To the sweet leaf-music, and slowly swings; A delicate form and a sweet young face, Lips parted in exquisite girlish grace. A more perfect picture you'd ne'er descry, 'Neath the rustling leaves and the summer sky In fair July ! III. She smiles as the zephyr her cradle rocks, With poppies atwine in her golden locks ; She sighs and slumbers to song of the stream, And slumbers and sighs through a languid dream Ah ! pray who can tell me the reason why This beauteous maiden in dreams should sish. In sweet July ? ^ COMEDY. Prologue. 5^^^\VAS all over between us, you thought, when l^^^ we parted, 'Twas good-bye to me and to trouble or care ; A sigh and a tear, a poor boy broken-hearted, Was naught, for what feelings had you then to spare ? 'Twas nothing to you that my best hopes were shattered, You knew all the time that you meant we should part; With fair words did you think I e'er could feel flattered, From lips feigning truth with such falseness at heart ? A COMEDY. 99 Act I. Ah, l(yely and lost one, I muse in the gloaming, And think of one midsummer twilight last year, But one little year past, when we two were roaming With hand locked in hand by the still solemn mere. Have J w/, love, forgotten that night and those pledges, Half-whispered, half-sobbed, 'neath that calm sum- mer sky ? In fancy I hear the faint shiver of sedges, And still the low plash of the water seems niijh. Act II. You've made, what the world calls, a capital marriage, Your dinners are perfect, your dances the rage; They talk, at the clubs, of your new pony-carriage, And sneer at your husband, who's double your age : Ah ! fairest of false ones, I'd have you remember. Though blooming and bright be the freshness of May, 'Twill tremble before the cool breath of December, 'Twill silently droop and then wither away ! loo A COMEDY. Act III. They tell me you're happy; and yet, on reflection, I find they talk more of your wealth than of you ; And if you have moments of thought and dejection, It may be those moments are known but to few. You've rubies and pearls and a brilliant tiara; You breakfast off Sevres of the real bleu du Roi; 'Tis better no doubt than a heart, inia cara, And a poor posey ring, with its ' Pensez h moiV Act IV. Nay, blame not your husband, nor think you're used badl}', 'Twas simply a matter of money and trade; You named him your ' figure,' he paid it too gladly, Your heart was no part of the bargain he made. He purchased a wife to embellish his table. To humour his whims and obey his behests, One lovely and clever, one willing and able — To prove his good taste and to talk to his guests. A COMEDY. loi Act V. At times, when 'mid riches and splendour you languish, To still your poor conscience you fruitlessly try ; As tears are fast falling in bitterest anguish, You'll own there is something that money can't buy. Yes, love, there are mem'ries e'en gold cannot stifle, The ghost of a dead love that will not be laid ; And while in the bright world of pleasure you trifle, Do you never meet the sad eyes of the shade ? ADIEU TO MABEL. a ifoung 3Laft2 IV. M/SS MINNIE MIILAIS. XWypTNlD falling blossoms dreams my lady fair- ^^' j](Xp What lustrous splendour in those deep blue eyes, That half reflect the tint of southern skies ! What gold-lit glory in that chesnut hair, Down rippling on her dimpled shoulders bare ! What poet's song could half her charms comprise, Or painter's brush her grace immortalize ? — So sweet, so queenly, and so debonair. A//SS MINNIE Ml I.LAIS. 21^ 'Mid falling blossoms, pink and ruby red My lady strolls with calm majestic mien, Though lips are mocked by roses overhead, And cheeks by shattered damask on the green, And bosom by the fairest Guelder shed — She reigns of all the roses still the queen ! V. 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