VII.

1. Did I hear it half in a doze Long since, I know not where? Did I dream it an hour ago, When asleep in this arm-chair?

2. Men were drinking together, Drinking and talking of me; 'Well, if it prove a girl, the boy Will have plenty: so let it be.'

3. Is it an echo of something Read with a boy's delight, Viziers nodding together In some Arabian night?

4. Strange, that I hear two men, Somewhere, talking of me; 'Well, if it prove a girl, my boy Will have plenty: so let it be.'