To their haven in the dust-bin;

But O for the touch of a vanished hand,

And the sound of a rivet knocked in;

Break, break, break,

At the foot of the stairs. Oh she!

Can’t expect that the whole of her wages

Will be paid this month by me.

The Age, June 27, 1885.

——:o:——

April Love.
By a young Tory, after Tennyson.
[Lord Randolph Churchill was expected back
from India in April, 1885.]