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'T was but seldom he crept from the college," he said, "And he wished himself safe in his study, or bed."

Lady Flora, 't was thought, had a taste for design, And her skill in embroidery all felt to be fine; So the best of her pictures, for tinting and shade, Were all on this pleasant occasion displayed. Her visitors vied in expressions of praise, And exhausted the store-house of elegant phrase; Tho' some grave connoisseurs in a circle must draw, Their acuteness to show by detecting a flaw.

Miss Carnation took her eye-glass from her waist, And pronounc'd they were scarce in good-keeping, or taste, While prim Fleur de lis in her robe of French silk, And magnificent Calla, with mantle like milk, Of the Louvre recited a wonderful tale, And how "Guido's rich tints made dame Nature look pale."