Peter Parley's visit to London - Tim And Angi

68 PETER PARLEY'S
of the
young Queen, whose mild blue eyes
shone scarcely less brightly than the circlet
of diamonds which encompassed her beauteous
brow, and the rich effect of the music,
as it reverberated among
the aisles of the
building, almost made Peter Parley think it
was a scene in fairy-land, or one of those
bright
and unsubstantial visions which flit
across the mind in our dreams.
" The Queen having advanced to a chair
which had been provided for her, about midway
between the throne and the south side
of the altar, the noblemen and others who
composed the procession took up the stations
which had been appropriated for them ;
the
choir in the mean time
the anthem.
continuing to chaunt