I said, "I have the true æsthetic nous,
And can design it well."
'Twas dull red brick, with gables set galore,
And little light did through the windows pass,
For 'twas shut out by thick lead frames that bore
Quarrels of grey-green glass,
The dadoed walls, in green were stained, no tint
Which common blue and yellow mingled make;
But a green y-wrought—of sepia without stint—
With indigo and lake.