Battle of Blues? There's the blue of the skies and eyes aristocratic,
But take the array all around the true battle is polychromatic.
Eh? Fair versus Brand? Ah! of course; but you cannot expect us to narrow
The rainbow of Fashion to favour the yearnings of Eton and Harrow.
Nice lads, very nice; always like Eton boys, when they haven't got "pots" on,
And there is a good deal that's "smiting" in Whatshisname—no, I mean Watson;
But Blue's not so chic as it was, and a triumph in azure is barren,
That is, to a girl who is simply a girl, and not A. C. M'Laren,
White has it to-day, my dear Blanche, though a spotting of scarlet and crimson
Gleams over the ground, for sweet woman will take most peculiar whims on.