Such as a kind relation brings—
Old tales of “Once upon a time,”
And history retold in rhyme.
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]One night it happened that he took
A peep at an old picture-book,
Wherein he came across by chance
The picture of a King of France
(A stoutish man) and, down below,
These words: “King Louis So and So,
Nicknamed ‘The Handsome!’” There he sat,