My first the fair Ophelia gave the Queen;
My next a steed, as ancient legends make it;
If fair Ophelia’s gift my whole had been,
Pray, would her majesty do right to take it?
The following fine example of the charade is from the facile pen of W. M. Praed:
154.
“The canvas rattled on the mast
As rose the swelling sail,
And gallantly the vessel passed