Abdullas

Abdullas Book of Beauty. From Punch, or the London Charivari, March 6, 1935.

As fresh as dewy cowslips but newly brought to Town

So soon will she be radiant in tulle or satin gown;

This season sees her dancing into the London morn

Whilst wildfowl call and flutter across the lake at dawn.

 

No walks with Scamp and Ginger – no homely schoolroom tea-

No giggles over Wodehouse beneath the cedar tree,

How cool the great walled-garden, the woodland-rides how green!...

Only adored Abdullas will speak of what has been.