  title page A FLOWER WEDDING DESCRIBED·BY TWO WALLFLOWERS DECORATED·BY WALTER·CRANE CASSELL·&·COMPANY·1905 A·FLOWER·WEDDING cherubs rining bluebells Yes, flower bells rang right merry that day, When there was a marriage of flowers, they say. The proposal Young LAD’S LOVE had courted Miss Meadow·Sweet, And the two soon agreed at the Altar to meet. the processional A LILY white robe was worn by the Bride, And SWEET WILLIAM, the Groom, drest in red, at her side. her train and three attendants Miss Violet, Primrose, and gay Marygold, With their Ladies’ Fingers her train did uphold. Four brridesmaids in blue In Ladysmocks, Bridesmaids, Forget·me·not blue, With their sashes all tied in Love·knot·true. the brides's motehr and friend The Bride’s Mother follows with loving Eyebright, All in Winter Green and fine Furze bedight. the father with a beard Whilst her father looked young, though with Old·man’s·beard. the father as a dandy (Was a Dande·lion in youth I have heard.) The minister The troth was plighted for woe or for weal, And the lines attested by Solomon’s Seal: the groom is tied The Bachelor’s Button was cast aside, queen with crown, shield and scepter And the throng that witnessed was London’s Pride: Large king There was Good King Henry, a tall Jonquil, Narcissus Like Narcissus himself by the waters still; Lord and lady dancing There were Lords & Ladies to grace the dance, woman with fan of rosemary And Rose Mary, and— woman in white flowered dress Rose·la·France: man with gold hat, gold sword and sceptre With his Golden Rod Sultan and two attendants the Sweet Sultan came; Old lady, bent over Lastly, Creeping Jenny, an elderly dame two men carrying platters To order the feast—there was Ling, and Hartstongue, Cook, two maids and an extremely large goose walking And Goosefoot with Sage, the House·leek among woman carrying bowl of peas with another woman Very Sweet Peas, & Good Cherry Pie, Such a feast as an Alderman could not deny! a couple toasting In lovely King·Cups there was Chamomile Tea two rich guests And the fortune in gifts was a wonder to see! A new Penny-Royal, A fine Golden Feather; Two horses with a man in front A pair of Horse-chestnuts, A pink angel carrying two slocks of Jacob's Ladder a Jacob’s Ladder, Venus holding blue flower like a looking-glass Venus’s·looking·glass, angel or cupid taking arrow from a neired a fine Arrow-head Discovered long since in the river’s bed; woman carrying fabric Garments of Flax, a woman presenting a cushion and a Lady’s Cushion; two ladies puttin on hose Hose·in·hose, Lady’s slippers to put on, one lady with platter and golden goblets, another with pitcher on her shoulder Buttercups gold, and a Pitcher-plant Nay, everything that a house could want. couple leaving in a trap or carriage In Venus’s-fly-trap the pair drove away, friends waving goodbye “Speedwell, and be happy,” their friends gaily say; maid finding the left behind chest But alack! what a hubbub when one chanced to find The Bride’s only Box was there left behind! Harlequin dancing with death The Wild-thyme they had, and the fuss that was made Kept the guests in a rout thro’ the Deadly night shade. Guests taking leave But the CLOCKS ticked apace to the ope of Dais-y Snowflakes were fast falling when all said good-bye, groom standing over pile of gold coins with a scoop in one hand and scales in the other With regrets for “that box,”—yet they need not to stint, For the Bridegroom was rich, he’d a post at the Mint The Honeymoon with bride and groom in goldola and Finis endpaper  |
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