SUGGESTION FROM "CHILDE HAROLD" AT OLYMPIA.--"I stood in Venice on the
Bridge of Size And paint," &c., &c.

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[Illustration: THE DYNAMITE DRAGON.]

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ON THE FIRST GREEN CHAIR.

[Illustration: Thursday, April 7. Hyde Park. Mid-day.]

Reach it, attendant; wicked winter flies off:
Place it with pomp for me to sit and stare
Up at the sun who banquets us with cries of
"Chair!"

Long have we pined in darkness most uncanny:
Now to Hyde Park return its gauze of gold,
Jewels of crocus and enhancements mani-
-fold.

Welcome, delicious zephyr, blithe new-comer,
Urging to purchase patent-leather boots,
Hats of a virgin glossiness, and summer
suits.

Welcome, attire of carnival-carousers,