28 MARCH 1885, Page 14

POETRY.

THE VIRGIN IN HOLMAN HUNTS NEW PICTURE.

DIVINELY sad, but yet serene, Worn with fatigue, but tranquil still, On foot, on hand, on form, on mien, Trace of the subjugated will, She holds, yet does not hold, her child,.

But sits all calm ; and as we gaze.

We know, yet know not why„thaLfear.

In her is but a sweet amaze.