Little overladen donkeys,

As they crossed the Rue Egnatia

(Where St. Paul in bygone ages

Used to do his bit of shopping).

Tiadatha thought of Kipling,

Wondered if he’d ever been there,

Thought “At least in Rue Egnatia

East and West are met together.”

There were trams and Turkish beggars,

Mosques and minarets and churches,