“You bad old man, to sit and tell
Such gibberygosh about a Bell!’”
SIR TRAY: AN ARTHURIAN IDYL.
The widowed Dame of Hubbard’s ancient line
Turned to her cupboard, cornered anglewise
Betwixt this wall and that, in quest of aught
To satisfy the craving of Sir Tray,
Prick-eared companion of her solitude,
Red-spotted, dirty white, and bare of rib,
Who followed at her high and pattering heels,