Frederick Locker-Lampson.

A NICE CORRESPONDENT!

THE glow and the glory are plighted

To darkness, for evening is come;

The lamp in Glebe Cottage is lighted,

The birds and the sheep-bells are dumb.

I’m alone in my casement, for Pappy

Is summon’d to dinner at Kew:

I’m alone, dearest Fred, but I’m happy—