ERANT OLIM REX QUIDAM ET REGINA.
Apuleius.
Au Temps jadis! as Perrault says,
In half-forgotten Fairy days,—
“There lived a King once, and a Queen,
As few there are, as more have been,”—
Ah, still we love the well-worn phrase,
Still love to tread the ancient ways,
To break the fence, to thread the maze,
To see the beauty we have seen,
Au Temps jadis!
Here’s luck to every child that strays
In Fairy Land among the Fays;
That follows through the forest green
Prince Comical and Gwendoline;
That reads the tales we used to praise,
Au Temps jadis!
