ON A JAPANESE SCREEN.
In Yeddo, where long lilies weep, Bo' Peep
The shepherdess hath lost her sheep.
She recks not where the sheep have strayed, Poor maid,
Beneath the Boodha-Temple's shade.
Her solace is the Minstrel's: I'd Let slide
My flocks of verse without a guide.
So will they best return without A doubt—
Or tale that mortal can make out.