PROSE FANCIES

(SECOND SERIES)

BY

RICHARD LE GALLIENNE



LONDON: JOHN LANE

CHICAGO: H.S. STONE AND CO.

1896




TO

MAGGIE LE GALLIENNE

WITH LOVE

Poor are the gifts of the poet--
Nothing but words!
The gifts of kings are gold,
Silver, and flocks and herds,
Garments of strange soft silk,