Now a spell, though a tiresome job to make,
Is the easiest thing in the world to break,
When once you know how to perform the trick,
As Merlin did. Waving his magic stick,
He cried, “Let this forest and everything in it
Take its former shape!” When lo! in a minute,
In place of the Raven, a stern old sage
All robed in black and all bent with age;
And where the little Tree-frog had been
Sat a goodly youth all dressed in green;