And nobody could enough admire

The tall man and his quaint attire.

Quoth one: "It 's as my great-grandsire,

Starting up at the Trump of Doom's tone,

Had walked this way from his painted tombstone!"

VI

He advanced to the council-table:

And, "Please your honors," said he, "I 'm able,

By means of a secret charm, to draw

All creatures living beneath the sun,