PROSE FANCIES
(SECOND SERIES)
BY
RICHARD LE GALLIENNE
LONDON: JOHN LANE
CHICAGO: H.S. STONE AND CO.
1896
TO
MAGGIE LE GALLIENNE
WITH LOVE
Poor are the gifts of the poet—
Nothing but words!
The gifts of kings are gold,
Silver, and flocks and herds,
Garments of strange soft silk,
Feathers of wonderful birds,