Nor grainèd panel nor enamelled slate
Was there to jar on my artistic sight;
Plain ebon wood-work framed the open grate,
And over,—blue and white.
Two lovely griffins, made of burnished brass,
I found, to guard the fireplace on each side.
With curling tails (though one was lost, alas!),
And mouths that gapèd wide.
All round the rooms were shelves of black-dyed deal,
On which stood pots and plates of every hue;