Ban yonder ghastly thing, I say;
And, look ye, ban it well.
By cock and pye, the Humpty’s face!”—
The form turn’d quickly round;
Then totter’d from its resting-place—
* * * * *
That night the corse was found.
The king, with hosts of fighting men,
Rode forth at break of day;
Ah! never gleam’d the sun till then