But never was kestrel yet that saw

The half that Mrs. Hawksbee sees.

Rosy and smiling mid her furs

Along the Mall her way she trips

With subalterns whose worship stirs

The cynic swiftness of her lips.

When Jakko-wards her rickshaw sweeps,

The monkeys scamper o'er the grass,

And breathlessly each rascal peeps

To see the Queen of mischief pass.