My dreams presage some joyful news at hand:
My bosom's lord sits lightly on his throne;
And, all this day, an unacustom'd spirit
Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts."

Immediately a messenger comes in to announce Juliet's death.

In Act iii. Sc. 2., of _King Richard III._, Hastings is represented as
rising in the morning in unusually high spirits. This idea runs through
the whole scene, which is too long for extraction. Before dinner-time he
is beheaded.

X.Z.

_Norfolk Popular Rhymes_.--On looking over an old newspaper, I stumbled
on the following rhymes, which are there stated to be prevalent in the
district in which these parishes are situated, viz. between Norwich and
Yarmouth:--

"Halvergate hares, Reedham rats,
Southwood swine, and Cantley cats;
Acle asses, Moulton mules,
Beighton bears, and Freethorpe fools."

They seem to proceed simply on the alliterative principle mentioned by
J.M.B. (Vol. i., p. 475.) as common to many popular proverbs, &c. Two
others I subjoin from my own recollection, which differ in this
particular:--

"Blickling flats, Aylsham fliers,