Bernie Khan: or, a Vision in a Dream

Bernie Khan: or, a Vision in a Dream

In Istanbul did Bernie Khan
A stately pleasure-track decree:
Where Ralph, the German driver ran
Through paddocks measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.

So twice five miles of fertile ground
With pits and towers were gridled round:
And there were fast turns, tight, with sinuous rails
Where crashed out many a pretence-bearing gentry;
And here were grid girls polishing their nails,
Ensuring their spot in history...