COURTIERS. I said the Lily was the queenly Flower, And these bright creatures, sure, her Courtiers be! For they are robed all so royally, E'en like the glittering guests of regal bower; And, like them too, their chiefest rank aud power Lie in their sounding titles, and we see That both do value the embroiderie Of their gay-tinted garb. In their first hour In fashion's homage, all the wondering crowd Nor have they either left ye any sweets behind. |