And the inkstand shall be shivered
Into countless smithereens?—
When there stands a muzzled stripling,
Mute, beside a muzzled bore?—
When the Rudyards cease from Kipling,
And the Haggards Ride no more?
J. K. Stephen.
TO MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA
A BLUEBIRD lives in yonder tree,
Likewise a little chickadee,