. King Time; or The mystical land of the hours, a fantasy . e; That each of them had a night cap onIn place of a soldiers cape; That all of them carried hot water bags,And their war-cry was a gape! And the little boy caught a passing glimpse Of the castle, all grim and dark(The estate was known as Idlewhile, As he heard the host remark).And he thought it strange they should run the trains On the old Dukes private park. But the Duke had threatened a hundred times To compel them to change the had even sent them notices, And threatened to prosecute,But they only laughed as the time went
. King Time; or The mystical land of the hours, a fantasy . e; That each of them had a night cap onIn place of a soldiers cape; That all of them carried hot water bags,And their war-cry was a gape! And the little boy caught a passing glimpse Of the castle, all grim and dark(The estate was known as Idlewhile, As he heard the host remark).And he thought it strange they should run the trains On the old Dukes private park. But the Duke had threatened a hundred times To compel them to change the had even sent them notices, And threatened to prosecute,But they only laughed as the time went on, For he never brought the suit. There wasnt a sound as the train pulled in From the hours which moped about,And nobody waved a handkerchief, And nobody gave a shout;And that Snooze supported her wretched Duke There wasnt the slightest doubt. 157 KING TIME But nobody tried to attack the train, And nobody fired a gun,For the hours of Snooze, they dragged about Too lazy to fight or run,Too sluggish and wicked to give three cheers, Or two — or even one !. They paused but a moment in wicked SnoozeWhich appeared to be almost dead, For most of the hours which hadnt goneWere soundly asleep, in bed, But two of them boarded the clock-work trainAnd the boy heard what they said. And this was the tale of the coming fight,As told by a sleepy Snoozelite: 158 . KING TIME * The slur those
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