Chapter 120 No.120

BALLAD-(Continued)

340 "'Tis merry, 'tis merry, in Fairyland

When fairy birds are singing,

When the court doth ride by their monarch's side

With bit and bridle ringing;

"And gaily shines the Fairyland-

345 But all is glistening show,

Like the idle gleam that December's beam

Can dart on ice and snow.

"And fading, like that