Pretty maid;—

’Tis a country unlettered in map or in chart,

’Tis a country that does not exist, sweetheart,

I’m afraid!

Translated from Théophile Gautier.

FANNY; OR THE BEAUTY AND THE BEE

FANNY, array’d in the bloom of her beauty,

Stood at the mirror, and toy’d with her hair,

Viewing her charms, till she felt it a duty