Chinese lanterns, Bernstein's band,

Belladonna, lily white,

These made up the fairy-land

Where I wandered all last night;

Ruled in all its rosy glow

By a merry Queen, you know

Jolly, dancing, laughing, witching,

Veuve Cliquot.

THOUGHTS ON THE COMMANDMENTS.

"Love your neighbor as yourself,"—

So the parson preaches;

That's one-half the Decalogue.—

So the Prayer-book teaches.

Half my duty I can do

With but little labor,

For with all my heart and soul

I do love my neighbor.

Mighty little credit, that,

To my self-denial;

Not to love her, though, might be

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