THE TREASURE OF THE WISE MAN.[39]
Oh, the night was dark and the night was late,
When the robbers came to rob him;
And they picked the lock of his palace-gate,
The robbers who came to rob him—
They picked the lock of the palace-gate,
Seized his jewels and gems of State
His coffers of gold and his priceless plate,—
The robbers that came to rob him.
But loud laughed he in the morning red!—