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Page 1 of 11909 · PDF PAGE 7
…trand :16 Or friendless, coinless, for a spurt we rally The faltering hand.17 XXVII We prate of Pamela, we pipe of Polly,18 We stock the loved disciples shady wood19 All this is merely visionary folly : It does no good. XXVIII We turn us from the tedious trivial traffic To vests that hold (your choicest spoil, be sure, O Illustrated London News or Graphic !) Thy miniature.20 XXIX To Ann, Bess, Clara, Dora, Ethel, Florrie, Grace, Helen, Ida, Jane, Kate, Lily, May
1909 · PDF PAGE 11
6 ALEXANDRA 17. Probably waving to the distant shores of be- loved Albion. But friendless, coinless suggests rather the dead-beat than the Indian, or Colonial official. 18. vv. II. We ask for Anne, we argue over Ada, All is foredoomed to fail ; like the Armada : We bleat of Barbara, we brawl of Bertha, All this is like an edict of Jugurtha. We cuddle Clara, we caress Corinna, They are not worth the simple Ta ala hinna ! We chatter of Chilperic, we chirp of Cholly, (As in text) We drivel of Dorine, we drone of Dolly, (As in text) We eul…
1909 · PDF PAGE 13
…ell Yolande, This is weak tea to Alexandras brandy : We zeal for Zelma, zig-zag after Zaza, No ! happiness is never à la casa : 19. The loved disciple is perhaps St John. But Patmos is a rocky, not a wooded, island. Obscure. 20. Not a painted miniature, of course. More probably a black and white reproduction, or possi- bly a coloured one, of a sketch or photo- graph. Only the gentlemen and noblemen about the court would be in a position to order a painting on ivory by an artist such as Sargent or Herkomer from such sketch or photograph. 21. Th…