The Young Gazelle.
A Moore-ish Tale.
In early youth, as you may guess,
I revelled in poetic lore,
And while my schoolmates studied less,
I resolutely studied Moore.
Those touching lines from “Lalla Rookh”—
“Ah! ever thus”—you know them well,
Such root within my bosom took,
I wished I had a young Gazelle.