Thus passed ten grey-green years, when, lo! What gurgling as from flasks of wine; What whirl of revellers to and fro; What lust of eight per cent., or nine, Or ninety, broke her dream divine, Her reverie of æsthetic pain. Musing――can any care of mine Restore the grand Saturnian reign? Then said she; “Shall they flout me so? Shall mortals in my presence dine, Nor heed, for molluscs and clicquot, The masterpieces on the line? Forth from the temple, Philistine! Fling out the banner――Art, not gain! Carr, Hallé, and Burne-Jones combine; Restore my grand Saturnian reign!” _Envoy._ Priest of the desecrated shrine, Which drum and rout and dance profane, Drive hence the Bacchant bands malign; Restore the grand Saturnian reign! ALLTIAGO (J. C. Woods.) ―――― A BALLADE OF FIVE O’CLOCK TEA. Served in most delicate ware, Dresden or Sévres――where you spy Dainty devices and rare, Hues that enrapture the eye: Hands that are shapely and white, Pour out the fragrant Bohea, Beauty presides at this rite―― This is your Five O’clock Tea. Perched in the midst of the fair, Masher resplendent, yet shy, Awkwardly shifts in his chair, He will gain courage by and bye. Beaux so antique, most polite, Prattle in garrulous glee, Here in their element quite―― This is your Five O’clock Tea. Characters melt into air; Good reputations must die; Think you “My Lady” will spare For all that you murmur, “Oh Fy?” Colloquies vapid and trite, Slanderous tongues running free, Small emanations of spite―― This is your Five O’clock Tea. _Envoy._ Sugar and cream can excite Envy and malice, we see; Satirists cry with delight―― “This is your Five O’clock Tea!” ORCHIS (F. B. Doveton). ―――― BALLADE OF PÔT-POURRI. Oriental, and fragile, and old Is the pôt-pourri bowl you see there; Dreamy odours――romances untold It confides to this latter-day air. Ghosts of laughter, of love, and despair, Dim strains of a quaint minuet And a gallant’s low words to his fair―― “Our Lady of Roses――Coquette!” * * * * * _Truth._ March 8, 1888. PREMIER PAS. Of the other examples that were printed it must suffice to mention the titles:―― Ballade of Five o’clock Tea――(Five thus). Ballade of the Amateur Reciter. Ballade of Leap year――(Two thus). Fashion’s Fig-leaf. Our Whistling Drawing-room Man. Ballade of an Axe――(The G. O. M.’s Axe). On the modern method of shaking hands. Our grand Fancy Fair. Pat the Patriot. Ballade of a Primal cigar. Ballade of a Programme. A “Blue” Ballade――(“These are the ’Varsity Crews”). Ballade of Pôt-Pourri. Ballade for Diogenes. A Ballade of Girls and Wedding. Girls’ Gossip.