The Poetry Corner

Rex Arthurus.

By Jacob Bigelow

When King Arthur ruled the land, He ruled it like a king: He bought four pecks of barley-meal To make a brave pudding. A pudding brave the king did make And stuffed it well with plums; Great lumps of suet he put into it, As big as both his thumbs. The king and queen partook thereof, And all the court beside; And what they did not eat that night, The queen next morning fried. Angli rex imperio potitus, Hordei nactus modium farin, Ordinat cn proper institut Sternere mensam. Mira farrago exoritur culin, Turgidis uvis maculata passis Intus et frustis adipis referta Pollicis instar. Rex et affines epulantur omnes Principes magni dominque lect: Alma regina exoriente luce Fragmina frixit.