From the German by Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton

BENEATH an Indian palm a girl
  Of other blood reposes;
Her cheek is clear and pale as pearl
  Amid that wild of roses.

Beside a northern pine a boy
  Is leaning fancy-bound,
Nor listens where with noisy joy
  Awaits the impatient hound.

Cool grows the sick and...