For I'm the Queen of the Poll, mother! I'm the Queen of the Poll!
A DREAM OF FAIR WOMEN.
(From The World, July 23rd, 1879).
Long time I fed my eyes on that strange scene,
Painted by Poynter, of the famous bay,
Wherein Phæacian maids surround their queen
Nausicaa in play.
And clearer on my trancèd gaze there grew
The celebrated beauties of the town;