CZAR NICHOLAS is so devout, they say,
His majesty does nothing else than prey.
BAS BLEU.
Ma'amselle Bas Bleu, erudite virgin,
With learned zeal is ever urging
The love and reverence due
From modern men to things antique,
Egyptian, British, Roman, Greek,
Relic of Gaul or Jew.
No wonder that, Ma'amselle, the love
Due to antiquity to prove
And urge is ever prone;
She knows where'er there cease to be
Admirers of Antiquity,
She needs must lose her own!
TO A RICH YOUNG WIDOW.
I will not ask if thou canst touch
The tuneful ivory key?
Those silent notes of thine are such
As quite suffice for me.
I'll make no question if thy skill
The pencil comprehends,
Enough for me, love, if thou still
Canst draw thy dividends!
THE RAILWAY OP LIFE.
Short was the passage through this earthly vale,
By turnpike roads when mortals used to wend;
But now we travel by the way of rail,
As soon again we reach the journey's end.