THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS.

THE BLACK MOUSQUETAIRE.

A LEGEND OF FRANCE.

FRANÇOIS XAVIER AUGUSTE was a gay Mous

quetaire,

The Pride of the Camp, the delight of the Fair:
He'd a mien so distingué and so débonnaire,
And shrugg'd with a grace so recherché and rare,
And he twirl'd his moustache with so charming an air,
-His moustaches, I should say, because he'd a pair,-
And, in short, show'd so much of the true sçavoir faire,
All the ladies in Paris were wont to declare,

That could any one draw Them from Dian's strict
law,

Into what Mrs. Ramsbottom calls a "Fox Paw,"
It would be François Xavier Auguste de St Foix,

Now, I'm sorry to say, At that time of day, The Court of Versailles was a little too gay;