. The ballad of Beau Brocade, and other poems of the XVIIIth century. es place for private viewA certain token;— A rose-leaf meaning Garden Wall,An ivy-leaf for Orchard corner,A thorn to say, Dont come at all,—Unwelcome warner!— Not that, in truth, our friends gainsaid; But then Romance required dissembling,(Ann Radcliffe taught us that!) which bredSome genuine trembling; Though, as a rule, all used to end In such kind confidential parley As may to you kind Fortune send, You long-legged Charlie, 82 A Chapter of Froissart. When your time comes. How years slip on ! We had our crosses like our be
. The ballad of Beau Brocade, and other poems of the XVIIIth century. es place for private viewA certain token;— A rose-leaf meaning Garden Wall,An ivy-leaf for Orchard corner,A thorn to say, Dont come at all,—Unwelcome warner!— Not that, in truth, our friends gainsaid; But then Romance required dissembling,(Ann Radcliffe taught us that!) which bredSome genuine trembling; Though, as a rule, all used to end In such kind confidential parley As may to you kind Fortune send, You long-legged Charlie, 82 A Chapter of Froissart. When your time comes. How years slip on ! We had our crosses like our betters;Fate sometimes looked askance uponThose floral letters; And once, for three long days disdained, The dust upon the folio settled;For some-one, ih the right, was pained,And some-one nettled. That sure was in the wrong, but spake Of fixed intent and purpose stonyTo serve King George, enlist and make Minced-meat of Boney, Who yet siirvived^en years at least. And so, when she I mean came hitherOne day that need for letters ceased. She brought this with A Chapter of Froissart. 83 Here is the leaf-stained Chapter:—How The English King laid Siege to Calais ;I think Gran, knows it even now,—Go ask her, Alice. NOTES. NOTES. Note i, Page 7. Ensign (o/Braggs) made a terrible clangour. Despite its suspicious appropriateness in this case, Braggs regiment of Foot-Guards really existed, and was ordered toFlanders in April, 1742 (see Gentlemans Magazine, 1742, i. 217). Note 2, Page 9. Porto-Bello at last was taen. Porto-Bello was taken in November, 1739. But Vice-AdmiralVernons despatches did not reach England until the followingMarch (see Gentlemans Magazine for 1740, i. 124, et seq.). Note 3, Page 17. In the fresh contours of his Milkmaids face. See Hogarths Enraged Mtisician, an engraving of which waspublished in November of the following year (1741). Toannotate this Ballad more fully would be easy; but the readerwill perhaps take the details for granted. In answer to
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