Soo-Ti, I thank the careful fate That made you wise and obstinate, Alert, but with a proper pride,
A robin skimmed into the room, And blithe he looked and jolly, A foe to every sort of gloom,
Hush! We're not a pack of boys Always bound to make a noise. True, there's one amongst us, but
I This is the tale the old men tell, the tale that was told to me, Of the blue-green dragon,