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- King
- n. A male person commonly known in America as a “crowned head,”
although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of.
A king, in times long, long gone by,
Said to his lazy jester:
”If I were you and you were I
My moments merrily would fly —
Nor care nor grief to pester.”“The reason, Sire, that you would thrive,”
Oogum Bem
The fool said — “if you’ll hear it —
Is that of all the fools alive
Who own you for their sovereign, I’ve
The most forgiving spirit.”