Austin Dobson.—Andrew Lang.

Ah me! how many Fate makes mourn

Unhonoured in our midst to dwell,

Tho’ Epics write they, and—in scorn,

Shun Rondeau, Ballade, Villanelle;

Blank verse they scan—at times, as well,

In jolts and jingles harsh rhymes clang,

But fail to reach the pinnacle

Of Austin Dobson—Andrew Lang,

Dear brothers these, whose names adorn