(CHEAPSIDE, JUNE 6, 1895.)
Oh, princely guest from Afghan clime,
The poet's lot is hard! Ah!
When he would find the proper rhyme,
To balance with Shah-_zada_!
I see the guardsman ride erect,
The bugle sounds! Aha!
_My_ part should be, in verse correct,
To greet the Shahza-_da_!
Thy quantities have kill'd my song!
Despair! I'm off to Mada-
gascar, or anywhere! I long
To have it right. Shah-_z[)a]d[)a]?_
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A FAIR Correspondent adds the letters "L. C. C." after her signature.
She is _not_ a member of the London County Council, but of the "Lady
Cyclists Club."
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[Illustration: PARLIAMENTARY INDIAN EXHIBITION.]
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