Is flitting to far Peckham Rye; And it's O for the sea and the sky! From the Someone we designate " Di!" So Phyllis, the fawn-footed, hie 1876. A FABLE (IN THE MANNER OF MR. JOHN GAY) OW much would end in mode abrupt, Once in a corner of the lawn, When none was stirring with the dawn, No harm in this one could be found; "My text (he said) is PROMPTITUDE." He stretched his throat, and thus pursued: "In this discourse I hope to bring Before you Promptitude the Thing; Next, if my limits space afford, I shall take Promptitude the Word; Lastly, to make my meaning better, I shall examine every Letter. "And first, my Friends, however viewed, How beautiful is Promptitude! How are we quickened, roused, renewed, "How much, too, in this vale below, The Rabbits are a docile race, He drew his head in, then his tail. 1877. ON A PICTURE BY HOPPNER (MRS. GWYN-GOLDSMITH'S "JESSAMY BRIDE") AND you went once with myrtle crowned!" You once were she, for whom Poor GOLDSMITH'S gentle genius found That name of jasmine-bloom! How strange it seems! You whom he loved, Not feigned in books, for us have proved A shade too shadowy far to stand Beside the girl PRIMROSESBeside the dear old VICAR, and Our more-than-brother, MOSES! We cannot guess your voice, who know For us e'en thin Beau TIBBS must show Yet some scant news we have. When that kind soul had fled; You came, You begged his hair; you kept his name |