“O Winter, your chatter no more can I stay,
I'll kick and I'll cuff you without delay.”
Here ensues a scuffle between the two little boys, in which Summer gets the best of it, and turns Winter out of the house. But soon the beaten champion of Winter peeps in at the door and says with a humbled and crestfallen air:—
“O Summer, dear Summer, I'm under your ban,
For you are the master and I am the man.”
To which Summer replies:—
“'Tis a capital notion, an excellent plan,
If I am the master and you are the man.
So come, my dear Winter, and give me your hand,
We'll travel together to Summer Land.”[701]