The King awoke and began to frown;
"The foe, they are riding upon the town!"
The courtiers all did shout.
Wee Willie Winkie came up the street,
Crying aloud, on his little bare feet,
With his train to the palace door;
"Queer sights I have seen," quoth slowly the
Ring,
"But I never have seen, by my signet-ring,
A sight like this before!