│ │ │And Flounder Bet cries mack-er-el, │ │ │15│no │ And no one hinders she;— │probably, it│ │ │ │If singing 'Sveep' vakes Bobby's pal, │ │ │16│longer │Vy Bob and Bet disturbs my Sal, │ ☽ ♂ ♀ │ │ │ │ Vot's all as dear to me. │ │ │17│creepers │ │ will be │ │ │ │"Vy, bless your eyes, the first May-day │ │ │18│holiday │I ever seed you prance away, │ ♎ ♐ ☍ ♋ ♉ │ │ │ │ So fine that queens might follor, │ │ │19│jolly │All deck'd in roses, silks and lace, │in some sort│ │ │ │I thought it was fair Dafney's face, │ │ │20│day │ And I vos your Apollor. │ │ │ │ │ │ ♂ ☽ ☌ ♄ │ │21│off │"And tho' the temperation folks │ │ │ │ │Would throw cold water on our jokes, │seasonable, │ │22│they │ And damp our fun and glee; │ │ │ │ │On this, our yearly Annival, │ ♓ ♑ │ │23│go │I'll be a king, and you, my Sal, │ │ │ │ │Shall be a queen to me." │ or perhaps │ │24│dancing │ │ │ │ │ │ │ otherwise, │ │25│prancing │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │26│whirling │ │ ♂ ♅ ♂ ♌ ☿ │ │ │ │ │ │ │27│twirling │ │ just │ │ │ │ │ │ │28│on the │ │as the case │ │ │ │ │ │ │29│light │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ♍ ☍ ♈ ♀ │ │30│fantastic │ │ │ │ │ │ │may happen. │ │31│toe │ │ │ └──┴──────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ [Illustration: MAY. ] PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES.