SPEKE <br /> <br />THE children play <br />at hide and seek <br />about the monument <br />to Speke. <br />And why should the dead <br />explorer mind <br />who has nothing to seek <br />and nothing to find? <br /> <br />QUEEN VICTORIA <br /> <br />Queen Victoria's <br />statue is <br />the work of her <br />daughter Beatrice. <br />The shape's all wrong <br />and the crown don't fit, <br />But -- bless her old heart! -- <br />she was proud of it. <br /> <br />TAIL-PIECE <br /> <br />'Out! All out!' <br />Harsh echoes blow <br />from far. With wandering steps <br />and slow <br />once again their <br />garden leave <br />little Adam, <br />little Eve.<br /><br />Humbert Wolfe<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/excerpts-from/
