XXXVII
“I thought you guess’d, foretold, or prophesied,
That’s Majesty was in a raving fit?”
“He dreams,” said Hum, “or I have ever lied,
That he is tearing you, sir, bit by bit.”
“He’s not asleep, and you have little wit,”
Replied the Page, “that little buzzing noise,
Whate’er your palmistry may make of it,
Comes from a plaything of the Emperor’s choice,
From a Man-Tiger-Organ, prettiest of his toys.”