Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 469
ALF-willingly the Sage aroseAnd donned the red and )ello\v;And down the street he went apace,With gaudy dress andsomber face, A mirth-provokingfellow. From all the town themerry folkWho loved the Fool, ran after.And hailed his maxims and his saws,His arguments and learned laws With clamorous shouts… … Before the jovial King he stood.His vaunted powers displaying.The courtiers laughed until they cried.The monarch held his aching side.And roared at each new saying. Good sirs, he murmured, spent with mirth,Give this rare Fool some money. For, faith, and 1 can laugh no more. In all my life, I neer…
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