Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 154
,And in short his Assyrian Majestys moodScarce belitted a rank so exalted ! The king, as he turned his imperial frownOn the stream, for presuming to sjiatterhisgown.He spied in the rushes the fisher-boy brown. With his pipe and his basket of wicker;And, seized with a sudden and royal caprice,He… … Then ran theminister,and fat.In a little gold filletinstead of a hat.And a lot of gold tas-sels and fringeand all that.And a dozen proud nobles behind him;And down on the wondering fisher they pounced.And the fish from his basket they speedilybounced. THEN RAN THE PRIMEMINISTER, FLORIDAND FAT. •i8…
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