. St. Nicholas [serial] . own the hall. What, ho! he cried, Whats happened now?Frowns, Sire, upon your royal brow! Her Majesty in tears !The dinner waiting — put to slight,The servants gone ! — why, such a sight I have not seen for years! With sigh and groan, they told their tale,Nor scorned their misery to bewail With tears that fast did run —To mourn their dinner unenjoyed,Their sweet domestic bliss destroyed, Their harmony undone. But ere they had repeated halfTheir woes, the Fool began to laugh And shake his sides with turned and twisted round aboutTill all his little bells rang ou
. St. Nicholas [serial] . own the hall. What, ho! he cried, Whats happened now?Frowns, Sire, upon your royal brow! Her Majesty in tears !The dinner waiting — put to slight,The servants gone ! — why, such a sight I have not seen for years! With sigh and groan, they told their tale,Nor scorned their misery to bewail With tears that fast did run —To mourn their dinner unenjoyed,Their sweet domestic bliss destroyed, Their harmony undone. But ere they had repeated halfTheir woes, the Fool began to laugh And shake his sides with turned and twisted round aboutTill all his little bells rang out, And tinkled waggishly. I m but a Fool, he cried, t is true, Yet — pardon, Sire ! — if I were you, This quarrel soon should cease! As sure as I m my mothers son,/ d have two fowls instead of one -A Merrythought apiece / Forth from thepalace wentthe Fool,When softly fellthe twilightcool,His pocketsstuffed tower, the Sage, un-moved,Some deep, la-borious prob-lem proved,The Priest hisAves 434 THE MERRYTHOUGHT. [April, And from the board, where, snugly yoked,Two roasted fowls had lately savory richness fraught, King Colin and his gracious QueenRose,— loving, satisfied, serene,—And pulled a Merrythought!
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