And the noses of people who travelled the street

Turned white with affright, and the hurrying feet

Were stung as with sting of a hundred bees,

While the blood crept away and allowed them to freeze.

Columbus Dispatch.


The Rout of Belgravia.

The Belgravians came down on the Queen in her hold,

And their costumes were gleaming with purple and gold,

And the sheen of their jewels was like stars on the sea,