There's Naught, No Doubt, So Much The

From The Mingled Strength Of Shade And Light A New Creation Rises To My Sight, Such Heav'nly Figures From His Pencil Flow, So Warm With Light His Blended Colors Glow. . . . . The Glowing Portraits, Fresh From Life, That Bring Home To Our Hearts The Truth From Which They Spring.

And Mocha's Berry, From Arabia Pure, In Small Fine China Cups, Came In At Last. Gold Cups Of Filigree, Made To Secure The Hand From Burning, Underneath Them Place. Cloves, Cinnamon And Saffron, Too, Were Boiled Up With The Coffee, Which, I Think, They Spoiled.

A Small Drop Of Ink Makes Thousands, Perhaps Millions... Think.

Italia! O Italia! Thou Who Hast The Fatal Gift Of Beauty.

For Through The South The Custom Still Commands The Gentleman To Kiss The Lady's Hands.