The history of Hampton Court Palace in Tudor times . hing to show; and, afterwards, they sat down to playat the then fashionable game of ombre, described so wonder-fully in the third canto of the poem as finally published. Inthe middle of the game utensils for coffee were brought in,and, as was the custom in those days, the ladies of the partyroasted and ground the coffee-berry, and boiled the water :— For lo ! the board with cups and spoons is berries crackle and the mill turns round ;On shining altars of Japan they raiseThe silver lamp ; the fiery spirits blaze. ^ Elwins Pope, vo
The history of Hampton Court Palace in Tudor times . hing to show; and, afterwards, they sat down to playat the then fashionable game of ombre, described so wonder-fully in the third canto of the poem as finally published. Inthe middle of the game utensils for coffee were brought in,and, as was the custom in those days, the ladies of the partyroasted and ground the coffee-berry, and boiled the water :— For lo ! the board with cups and spoons is berries crackle and the mill turns round ;On shining altars of Japan they raiseThe silver lamp ; the fiery spirits blaze. ^ Elwins Pope, vol. ii., p. 145. lyii] The Rape of the Lock r 195 From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide,While Chinas earth receives the smoking once they gratify their scent and taste,And frequent cups prolong the rich repast. It v^as just after this that the Baron, Lord Petre, witha pair of scissors belonging to Clarissa, one of the ladiesof the party, was tempted to cut a lock of Miss Fermorshair, as she bent her beautiful head over her cup. The. The Rape of the Lock. {From the etigraving by Liid. dii Guer7iier m the first edition of thecompleted poem, published i?i 1714.) accompanying plate affords a curious contemporary illustra-tion of the scene. The peer now spreads the glittering forfex wide,T inclose the lock ; now joins it, to then, before the fatal engine closed,A wretched sylph too fondly interposed ; 196 History of Hampton Court Palace, [1711 Fate urged the shears, and cut the sylph in twain(But airy substance soon unites again).The meeting points the sacred hair disseverFrom the fair head, for ever, and for ever! This liberty the nymph, who was the victim of it,deeply resented ; and Lord Petre refusing to restore thelock, a serious breach arose between the two families. MissFermor is made to deplore what had occurred in the follow-ing couplets :— For ever cursed be this detested day, Which snatched my best, my favrite curl away! Happy ! ah, ten times
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