In a London Drawingroom

• ''The sky is cloudy, yellowed by the smoke.''
• ''For view there are the houses opposite''
• ''Cutting the sky with one long line of wall''
• ''Like solid fog: far as the eye can stretch''
• ''Monotony of surface & of form''
• ''Without a break to hang a guess upon.''
• ''No bird can make a shadow as it flies,''
• ''For all is shadow, as in ways o'erhung''
• ''By thickest canvass, where the golden rays''
• ''Are clothed in hemp. No figure lingering''
• ''Pauses to feed the hunger of the eye''
• ''Or rest a little on the lap of life.''
• ''All hurry on & look upon the ground,''
• ''Or glance unmarking at the passers by''
• ''The wheels are hurrying too, cabs, carriages''
• ''All closed, in multiplied identity.''
• ''The world seems one huge prison-house & court''
• ''Where men are punished at the slightest cost,''
• ''With lowest rate of colour, warmth & joy.''