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diff --git a/old/17764.txt b/old/17764.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 76a228a..0000000 --- a/old/17764.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,666 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg EBook of King Winter, by Anonymous - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: King Winter - -Author: Anonymous - -Release Date: February 13, 2006 [EBook #17764] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK KING WINTER *** - - - - -Produced by Jason Isbell, Jeroen van Luin, Irma Špehar and -the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at -http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - -[Transcribers note: This project has some lovely illustrations that are -best enjoyed by viewing the HTML edition.] - -King Winter - -Published by -Gustav W. Seitz -Hamburg. - -ENTP at Stationer's Hall - -[Illustration] - -The sky is dull and grey, -Piercing and chill the blast, -Each step resounds on the frosty ground, -Winter is come at last. - - * * * * * - -Mamma sits by the fire -Her little ones round her knees. -"How cosy we are, Mamma," they cry, -"Tell us something, if you please." - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -"Tell us about King Winter, -And about Jack Frost, his man; -We'll not be noisy or naughty at all, -But as good as ever we can." - - * * * * * - -"Well then;" says mamma, "you, Jenny, -May knit and listen, my dear; -And Johnny may split up wood, to make -The fire burn bright and clear." - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -King Winter dwells in the North; -Far away in the Frozen Zone, -In a palace of snow he holds his court, -And sits on an icy throne. - - * * * * * - -He has cushions of course: his Queen -Made them out of her wedding gown. -Stuffing them well with snowflakes fine, -And soft as eiderdown. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -The King has a trusty servant, -Jack Frost is his name; his nose -Is raspberry red, his beard is white, -And stiff as a crutch it grows. - - * * * * * - -Old Jack is a sturdy good fellow, -And serves their Majesties well; -He's here and he's there, and he's everywhere, -And does more than I can tell. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -Each year, as the day comes round, -The king and his royal train -Set off on a tour through the wide wide world, -And sweep over mountain and plain. - - * * * * * - -His Majesty fails not to visit -Every clime that's not too hot, -To look in upon both high and low, -From the palace down to the cot. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -Jack Frost has a busy time then, -But he's helped and advised by the Queen, -That all may be right when the King goes forth, -And everything fit to be seen. - - * * * * * - -That the King may have pleasant travel, -And no stone hurt his royal toe, -Her Majesty spreads all over the earth, -A carpet of downy snow. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -Fine mirrors the King delights in: -None are finer than Jack can make: -And in matchless sheets of crystal clear -He lays them on river and lake. - - * * * * * - -The trees, all naked and drear, -He robes in the purest white, -And with icicles shining with rainbow hues, -He makes their branches bright. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -And for want of buds and blossoms -To strew in his Majesty's way, -With magic flowers of his own device -He makes the windows gay. - - * * * * * - -These wonders wrought in a single night -May well excite surprise; -Amazed is the sun when he gets up at dawn, -And he stares with all his eyes. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -Then out come all the boys and girls, -Jack's handiwork to view, -And their noses and cheeks turn red with cold, -Some of them even turn blue. - - * * * * * - -They pelt each other with snow, -Roll it up in a mighty ball, -And shout and laugh and scamper about, -And heels over head they fall. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -They make a huge man of snow, -As grand as a Russian Czar, -A wooden sword in his hand, in his mouth, -A carrot to serve for cigar. - - * * * * * - -His eyes, his hair, and his beard, -They paint as black as my shoe -With burnt stick, but they spoil his nose, -For they stick it rather askew. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -Then what do you think? For a cockshot -They take him; they pelt him and hit; -They knock of the snowman's ears and nose, -But he does not mind it a bit. - - * * * * * - -Hurrah! for the good thick ice. -Oh! isn't it jolly? They slide, -They skate, and in sleighs so fine they go, -And swift as the wind they glide. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -King Winter laughs at the sport, -Cries "Bravo!" and claps his hands, -And calling in haste for his man, Jack Frost, -He gives him these commands: - - * * * * * - -"Go see the papas and mammas, -And bring me word what they say: -Have the children been good and well behaved, -Since last I came this way?" - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -The King trims Christmas trees, -To give to good girls and boys, -With tapers and trinkets of silver and gold, -And all sorts of dainties and toys. - - * * * * * - -The Queen cuts twigs of birch, -Of birch so supple and keen, -And daintily ties them up into rods -The finest that ever were seen. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -Soon with this word to the King -Jack Frost comes back at a trot: -"Good have most of the children been, -But some of them have not." - - * * * * * - -The King gives him the pretty trees, -The Queen the rods so smart, -And away goes Jack again with his load, -Till every house has its part. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -Cakes, mince-pies nuts and apples, -Good children get from the King. -You can guess what the naughty get, -The rods are the only thing. - - * * * * * - -"Oh dear mamma," cries Jenny, -"Johnny's been good, and so have I! -Pray tell Jack Frost we don't want the rod, -Oh! do ask him to put it by." - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -Mamma smiles on her darlings, -They run to her, kiss her, and say: -"How long do you think will it be, Mamma, -Ere King Winter goes away?" - - * * * * * - -"He will lay upon Baby's cradle -The snowdrops that early come forth; -And then, my dears, he will bid us good bye -And go back to his home in the North." - -[Illustration] - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of King Winter, by Anonymous - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK KING WINTER *** - -***** This file should be named 17764.txt or 17764.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/1/7/7/6/17764/ - -Produced by Jason Isbell, Jeroen van Luin, Irma Špehar and -the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at -http://www.pgdp.net - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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