We marvel deeply, with slow western mind,

Wondering within us what these people find

Among our common oranges and palms

To tear them from the well-remembered charms

Of their dear vegetable. But still they come,

Frost-bitten invalids! to our bright home,

And chide our grasslessness! Until we say,

“But if you hate it so, why come? Why stay?

Just go away!

Go to—your grass!”