text: " This greenish tint is as peculiar to the banks of the Neva as is the reddish-black to the neighbourhood of Birmingham or the Potteries; or the yellowish-brown (in November--"let rude ears be absent!") to the environs of the Thames:-- "TOWN OF STARVING TOWN OF SPLENDOUR!" Town of starving town of splendour Dulness pride and slavery; Skyey vault of pale-green tender Cold and granite and _ennui_! With a pang I say adieu t'ye With a pang though slight--for there Trips the foot of _one_ young beauty Waves _one_ tress of golden hair