“And, courteous stranger, ask’st thou, then,
What’s known alike to gods and men,
The lineage of Crumplunderer’s house?
Me Princess Lickfarina bare,
Daughter of good King Nibble-the-flitch,
And she weaned me on many a dainty rare,
As became great Pie-devourer’s heir,
With filberts and figs and sweetmeats rich.
III
“Never mortal mouse, I ween,