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HERE are Cecily, Dolly, and Marjorte, Three little hostesses, as you see. Said Cecily first, “ How pretty we look, Like three little girls in a painted book. Said Dolly, “°Tis hot, in the middle of June, A, To stay in the house all the afternoon. Marjorie fluttered her fan; said she, “ But our friends are coming to afternoon tea.” ‘Then we'll take them,” said Cecily, “if they please, A-walking and talking, beneath the trees.” Said Dolly, “ As this is our own ‘ At Home, Let us wish whom wed each like best to come.” Said Marjorie, fanning, the words between, lhe most of all—I should wish for—the Queen.” “ No, my fairy godmother,” Cecily cried, “To deck me with jewels, and make me a bride.” Said Dolly, “I think I should like to see The friend I love best coming in to take tea.’ Cecily, Dolly, and Marjorie, Lhree little hostesses, here you see.
