Ashton, John, b. 1834 · London, Chatto and Windus · leaf 230
in then foretold.How he his wish should have ;And so a son of stature smallThis charmer to him gave. It is needless to say that this marvellous being was underspecial fairy protection. Tom Thumb, the which the Fairy QueenDid give him to his name.Who with her train of goblins grimUnto the… … He sat the candle for to lightUpon the pudding bowl,Of which there is unto this day,A pretty Story told. • For Tom fell in and could not beFor some time after found,For in the blood and batter heWas lost and almost drownd. In cooking, the pudding behaved so curiously— As if the devil had been…
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