MUSE v. MECHANIC.
["Mr. Norman Gale—the Muse of orchards and pretty girls with polished knees; a charm often left unsung."
—Mr. Andrew Lang on the Poems of "A Country Muse."]
"A Country Muse" sings, if you please,
Of pretty girls "with polished knees"!
One would not quite demolish
The graphic rhymester's stock-in-trade,
But if bare knees must be displayed,
He might forego the polish.
It smacks of fustian! Workmen's "bags"