AN OLD MAN'S MUSINGS.
(After an Afternoon Pipe, at Nazareth House, Hammersmith.)
["Here again, clustered close round the fire
Are a number of grizzle-lock'd men, every one is a true 'hoary sire.'
Bowed, time-beaten, grey, yet alert and responsive to kindness of speech;
And see how old eyes can light up if you promise a pipe-charge to each.
For the comforting weed Kingsley eulogised is not taboo in this place,
Where the whiff aromatic brings not cold reproval to Charity's face."