And leaves vacation and the town to me."

"Now all is hush'd—asleep the eye of care—

And Lincoln's Inn a solemn stillness holds,

Save where the porter whistles o'er the square,

Or our dog barks, or basket-woman scolds:"

"Save that from yonder pump and dusty stair

The moping shoe-black and the laundrymaid

Complain of such as from the town repair,

And leave their little quarterage unpaid."

H. B. A.