THE KING'S VISITORS.
The king holds court With his regal train, And the wild wind blows j At his window pane, And pattering falls The wintry rain, And if the King, So merry and free, Wduld give- his crown And his kingdom's fee, And his fleets that ride On the wild wide sea, To stop the fall Of the midnight rain— . The gushing, flushing, Frolicsome rain— And silence the wind At his window pane; He'd offer his riches AH in vain. And care crawls up To the same King's door, And takes her seat At his proud heart's core, And' tells him deeds That were done of yore; And if he'd give His good right hand, His dukes and earls That round him stand, And his Queen's bright eyes, That glad the land, To keep such guest From his darkening door, The nestling, wrestling Spirit of yore; And take her tooth From the heart's red core, The spirit would answer him, " Nevermore!" Chaeles Mackat.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 523, 7 November 1857, Page 3
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164THE KING'S VISITORS. Lyttelton Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 523, 7 November 1857, Page 3
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