The Consequences of the Comma.
In his court King Charles was standing on his head, a golden crown ; And his royal brow was wrinkled in a most portentous frown.
Kitty courtiers entered walking on their hands, were bright.. Set in rings of gold and silver; what a rare and splendid sight.
Four and twenty noble ladles, proud and fair and ten feet long, Were, the train that flowed behind them borne bf yages stout and strong.
In a bower of fragrant roses the magicians now com plete Blowing trumpets with their noses, they inhale the fragrant sweet.
See the Queen, how sad and tearful as the King cuts off her head, Cn« bright tress of hair at parting and she wishes sho wore dead. —C. W. Willis.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 838, 23 March 1888, Page 4
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