Forth from the heart of thy melodious rhymes,

The form and pressure of high thoughts will burst;

At other times—good Lord! I’d rather be

Quite unacquainted with the A B C,

Than write such hopeless rubbish as thy worst.

J. K. Stephen.

THEY SAID

BECAUSE thy prayer hath never fed

Dark Atë with the food she craves;

Because thou dost not hate, they said,