uthful Richard had strange fancies,Was deep versed in old romances,And could talk whole hours uponThe great Cham and Prester John,—Tell the field in which the SophiFrom the Tartar won a trophy—What he read with such delight ofThought he could as easily write of;But his over-young inventionKept not…
Children's poetry, English
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