All the little boys and girls,

With rosy cheeks and flaxen curls

And sparkling eyes and teeth like pearls

Tripping and skipping, ran merrily after

The wonderful music with shouting and laughter.

R. Browning (The Pied Piper of Hamelin).


Full on this casement shone the wintry moon,

And threw warm gules on Madeline’s fair breast,

As down she knelt for heaven’s grace and boon: