Author's Dedication ALEON DAUDET A l'auteur du VOYAGE DE SHAKESPEARE, du PARTAGE DE L'ENFANT, de L'ASTRE NOIR, de FANTOMES ET VIVANTS, du MONDE DES IMAGES, de tant de chefs-d'oeuvre, A l'incomparable, ami en témoignage de reconnaissance et d'admiration M. P. Translator's Dedication To MRS. H—— on her Birthday OBERON, in the ATHENIAN glade, Reduced by deft TITANIA'S power, Invented arts for NATURE'S aid And from a snowflake shaped a flower: NATURE, to outdo him, wrought of human clay A fairy blossom, which we acclaim to-day. HEBE, to high OLYMPUS borne, Undoomed to death, by age uncurst, XERES and PORTO, night and morn, Let flow, to appease celestial thirst: Ev'n so, untouched by years that envious pass YOUTH greets the guests to-night and fills the glass. HESIONE, for monstrous feast, Aga…