Beneficent fairies were present at their birth, and brought priceless gifts; but all was counteracted by one fatal oversight, since the malevolent fairy, uninvited, came only to punish the slight.
CHILDREN OF CHARLES I.; PRINCE CHARLES AND HIS MASTIFF.
(From a painting by Vandyke. )
“What boots it thy virtue?
What profit thy parts?
If one thing thou lackest—
The art of all arts?”
Something—whatever it might be—they assuredly lacked, and atoned for the lack by their misfortunes. Meanwhile they enjoyed life, and in many ways made it pleasant, exhibiting wit, ready courtesy, and a good-will that, as before said, extended to both animals and men.