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titafeeraent . She watched his kindling feye and flushing cheek , «* d whole form trembling with emotion ,, jftet so ptiwterftkl- in it * isstpressianj as he stood with the cfown uplifted in his hand ; and her imagination darted Forward to the timei when the energy
which she now saw for the first time lighted tip within him , shomu eetrn for him what to her seemed a nobler coronet ; and a name tad fame amongst the worshippers of rank , which would indemhify her for all the past hours of bitterness which her pride of birth had entailed upon her . Blind ambition I why reject affection ' s wreath of roses to choose a crown , which , when obtained , is
hoiight but glittering dross ? % The next instant Percy had returned to his mother ' s side . He had withdrawn himself from his suddenly acquired position , to Wonder at the impulse that had planted him there . The whole thing seemed like a dream—a passage into a world which he had never before entered , and he stoofl with hushed breath , almost
afraid to speak , lest he should dissolve the spell-work which was conjured up around him . Meanwhile the Rose Queen received the homage of her rustic court . Each child came forward , knelt ttfc her feet , and presented to her each a differing flower—the treasures of the garden paying tribute to their queen ' s representative . Flora still preserved her arch assumption of dignity , yet
tempered with so much sweetness , and so much tact in encouraging the advances and covering the awkwardness of her somewhat unpractised little courtiers , that every other feeling of the beholder was lost in admiration . For each one she had a word of greeting . * Thanks , Willie ! a sweet william ! I shall keep it in remembrance of you ! ' 'What , take all your hearfs ease from you , Nellie ? No , no , we will share them ; ' and she tendered back to
the giver the greater part of the dark blue beauties she had proffered . 'What , my little sprite ! ' ( to a spiritual , delicate-looking child who stood at a distance , with a sprig of jasmine , half fearing to come forward , more from a feeling of veneration than any little vanity , ) * Come , give it me , sweet as yourself a 9 it is ; and as the child tripped hastily forward , a kiss on her forehead ( she was evidently a favourite ) called a blush of pleasure to her cheek ; she had just made her retreat from the circle * , when it was broken up by a little
urchin , who , out of breath and with a face glowing with heat , ferted his way towards the throne . He wore no coronet of roses lilrt the other children , but had in its place a large round straw hat , from beneath which shone out a pair of extraordinarily fine Mick eye * , and a quantity of hair of the same colour fell about his shoulders . He seemed by far the best boy of the group , when once the offence of a short , stout , and somewhat awkward
figure was forgiven him . He oore in his hand a magnificent stalk of foxglove , which he presented to the Queen with a shyntafe df manner that quickly wore off & 6 he spoke '; ' I have nursed it fci Brandon Wood ; I haue carried water to it when th * hot
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1835, page 526, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2648/page/26/
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