How oft the Black Shadow appears without summons,

And terrifies not the poor babes, but their Nurse!

Nana's not disturbed—yet—by the Irish babe's squall,

But—what means that black-boding shade on the wall?

The African Bogey! Inopportune, very!

It's really a nuisance, it does seem a shame

That just as Nurse G. is prepared to make merry

With two such sweet bantlings this Spook spoils the game!

Uganda! Mashonaland!! Nurse, I'm afraid

The Dark Continent casts o'er your babes a Black Shade!