At the Court of the King who so happy as he?
Yet still in his hall hangs the Tinkler’s old sack,
And the budget of tools which he bore at his back.
KING ALFRED AND THE SHEPHERD
PART I—WHEREIN KING ALFRED FIGHTS FOR
HIS DINNER
In elder time there was of yore,
When gibes of churlish glee
Were used among our country carles,
Tho’ no such thing now be: