Make ends meet

stanzas describe the two main words, and each subsequent stanza one

No. II. was written after seeing Miss Ellen Terry perform in the

play of "Hamlet." In this case the first stanza describes the two

No. III. was written after seeing Miss Marion Terry perform in Mr.

Gilbert's play of "Pygmalion and Galatea." The three stanzas

respectively describe "My First," "My Second," and "My Whole."]

THERE was an ancient City, stricken down

With a strange frenzy, and for many a day