“Many jewels from the storehouse
“Where we kept them, and more lately
“Further thefts has perpetrated,
“So that we have suffer’d greatly.
“To discover the offender,
“Made we our belovèd daughter
“Sleep beside the treasure; but he
“Robb’d her too, and napping caught her.
“Now, to check this wholesale plunder,
“And to show our deep affection
“For the thief, our admiration,
“And our grateful recollection,
“We will give our only daughter
“As his lawful wife—God bless her!—
“And to princely rank promote him,
“Owning him as our successor.
“Since our son-in-law’s abode is
“Unknown to us just at present,
“This our rescript shall inform him
“That we’ve now made all things pleasant.
“Done the third of January
“Thirteen hundred twenty-six
“Years before Christ; here our seal we,
“King Rhampsenitus, affix.”
And he kept his word; the thief he
As his son-in-law soon counted,
And when he was dead, the robber
On the throne of Egypt mounted.
And he ruled like other monarchs,
Trade and talent patronizing,
And the fewness of the robb’ries
In his reign was quite surprising.
THE WHITE ELEPHANT.
Great Mahawasant, of Siam the King,
Has half of India under his wing;
Twelve kings, with the Great Mogul, obey
His rule, and acknowledge his sovereign sway.