Will bear me to the city yet again,

And thou shalt wear the hat as Arthur wore

The Dragon of the great Pendragonship.”

Whereat Sir Tray did seem to smile, and smote

Upon the chair-back with approving tail.

Then up she rose, and to the Hatter’s went,—

“Hat me,” quoth she, “your very newest hat;”

And so they hatted her, and she returned

Home through the darksome wold, and raised the latch,

And marked, full lighted by the ingle-glow,