I.
Did I hear it half in a doze
    Long since, I know not where?
Did I dream it an hour ago,
    When asleep in this arm-chair?

II.
Men were drinking together,
    Drinking and talking of me;
‘Well, if it prove a girl, the boy
    Will have plenty: so let it be.’

III.
Is it an echo of something
    Read with a boy’s delight,
Viziers nodding together
    In some Arabian night?

IV.
Strange, that I hear two men,
    Somewhere, talking of me;
‘Well, if it prove a girl, my boy
    Will have plenty: so let it be.’