by R. Ackermann.--This petition is addressed to 'O thou divine
little Cupid,' while the fair votary, who is still a susceptible and
romantic boarding-school miss, is recounting her various love affairs,
and praying the rosy deity to bless and make fortunate her several
concealed (and imaginary) passions for such male creatures as she
has chanced to encounter in the daily routine of school-life, the
music-master, a drill-sergeant, Parson Pert, and similar characters,
who are probably regarded with similar emotion by the remainder of the
pupils.