Havanna’s ripe brunettes;

And wafted incense to the stars,

In blue and spiral jets.

Shag, bird’s-eye, twist, and negro-head

This infant doth eschew;

And cavendish he hath “cut” dead:

But “Chacun â son goût.”

One Christmas on an ottoman

I sat, and some turkey

A fair girl brought me in a can—