Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 678
ve, ho!—when, lo ! as light as a feather,Down tumbles, down crumbles, the King of theCheeses,kVith seven men. all in a heap together !Up scramble the porters, with laughter and sneezes;While sudden, mighty amazement seizesThe high officials, until they findA curious boreIn the platform floor,\nd… … DOWN TUMBLES, DOWN CRUMBLES, THE KING OF THECHEESES. Of the worthy burghers of Nulle—as thinAnd shabby a shell as ever was hollowed : Now nothing but just A crushed-in crust,A cart-load of scraps and a pungent dust ! So the newspapers say : but though they callKing Cheese a hoax, he was hardly…
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