. St. Nicholas [serial] . Prince you mayIn any manner, form, or you wish, it shall be done;But fix your choice, my love, on Queen, too, in her dulcet voiceRemarked: Indeed, do make a , then, some ingenious planBy which we may select the Princesses, the single stateIs altogether out of date. The Princess sighed. Said she, Papa,I wish to please you and really, I would like some hintsTo know how best to choose a d like to have one rather tall —A king, I m sure, should not be small —And not too dark, but not too fair;No dandy, but one dre
. St. Nicholas [serial] . Prince you mayIn any manner, form, or you wish, it shall be done;But fix your choice, my love, on Queen, too, in her dulcet voiceRemarked: Indeed, do make a , then, some ingenious planBy which we may select the Princesses, the single stateIs altogether out of date. The Princess sighed. Said she, Papa,I wish to please you and really, I would like some hintsTo know how best to choose a d like to have one rather tall —A king, I m sure, should not be small —And not too dark, but not too fair;No dandy, but one dressed with care; A man as wise as he can be,But not too wise for foolish me;A man who writes a sparkling letter,And if he dances, all the better;A warrior, if he draws his sword,A monarch worthily adored —In short, I d have a perfect man,Or one as near that as I can. The Queen looked vexed. The fathersmiled. Quite right, he said, my darling child !Aim high, and do your best, my dear;But I have looked for many a year. THE MAN OF MIGHT. To find within the whole world wideA Prince who s worthy such a bride: 553 LONG, LONG AGO. [May, And all in vain. But I will doWhatever you can wish me men are wise, and some are bright,And some in war do most delight:While others love the peaceful actor can play all the partsUpon the stage. But there s a planBy which to find this perfect shall be tried, and we will seeExactly what the end shall 11 summon all the Princes here,And then we 11 prove them all, my dear,Until, when every Prince is tried,The best shall win a peerless bride! Full of devotion to the parlous feat would one not dare,To win a Princess sweet and fairWho brought as portion with her handThe throne of such a thriving land ? Among them was a Prince whose nameAs yet was all unknown to fame;He d learned to fight, and dance, and sing,But was not best at he had pluck, and, lacking skill,He never failed for want of did hi
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