Vast Exposition of the Arts of Man!
Hyde Park compared therewith stirred small emotion,
And proud Columbia, waving Stripes and Stars,
Cried, "The White City whips the Champ de Mars!"
The shadow of that dome of treasure
Floated midway on the wave.
(See Castaigne's drawings—they're a pleasure—
In the May Century pictured brave.)
It was a miracle of rare device,
Costing "a pile," but cheap at any price!