Chapter CCXV

Published in G. W. Steevens’ posthumous volume, _Things Seen: with Memoir by W. E. Henley_ (Blackwood, 1900). By permission of the author. The quatrain is inscribed ‘G. W. S., December 10, 1869--January 15, 1900.’ The lines were written of G. W. Steevens, journalist and war correspondent, who died at Ladysmith during the siege.