This is the first of sixteen verses contained in the St. James's Gazette, of June 18, 1881.
A TENNYSONIAN LYRIC.
I hold this truth with one who sings
That when a donkey will not go,
The kick, the curse, the brutal blow
Should be exchanged for milder things.
But who that sees the donkey's ears
Droop downward, and his hind legs rise,
While from the creature's back he flies,