In the people I see from my Chair 'neath the trees.

'Tis better by far than an Opera-stall,

A crowded At-home or a smart fancy ball;

Or gazing at pictures, or playing at pool,

Or playing the banjo, or playing the fool—

When soft summer breezes from Kensington blow,

'Tis pleasant to sit on a Chair in the Row!

What studies of man and of woman and horse

Here pass up and down on the tan-trodden course!

The Earl and the Duke and the Doctor are there,