And all the flow'rets of the forest grew,

And pearly streams were tinged with their reflected hue.

LVIII.

Upstairs the rooms were hung with glacé chintz

(So like the good old farm-house of past days),

Which gave them a variety of tints,

And pleased at once the weary stranger's gaze;

The doors themselves were covered with green baize

Hidden with crimson curtains, and each bed

Was draped in style that claimed the greatest praise

In charming sky-blue intermixed with red,

With pockets of unique design above the head.[21]

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LIX.

They fed the pigs with biscuits, and the fowls

Were soon quite reconciled to their new friends,

And the great shepherd-dog's uncivil growls

Had quite subsided and, instead, he sends

His kind regards for various means and ends;

And I expect, if th' real truth were known,

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