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"Now here is a good warrant," Cried Alfred, "by my sword; For he that is struck for an ill servant Should be a kind lord. "He that has been a servant Knows more than priests and kings, But he that has been an ill servant, He knows all earthly things. NOW HERE IS A GOOD WARRANT CRIED ALFRED BY MY SWORD FOR HE THAT IS STRUCK FOR AN ILL SERVANT SHOULD BE A KIND LORD HE THAT HAS BEEN A SERVANT KNOWS MORE THAN PRIESTS AND KINGS BUT HE THAT HAS BEEN AN ILL SERVANT HE KNOWS ALL EARTHLY THINGS
eld. And the earth shook and the King stood still Under the greenwood bough, And the smoking cake lay at his feet And the blow was on his brow. Then Alfred laughed out suddenly, Like thunder in the spring, Till shook aloud the lintel-beams, And the squirrels stirred in dusty dreams, And the startled birds went up in streams, For the laughter of the King. And the beasts of the earth and the birds looked down, In a wild solemnity, On a stranger sight than a sylph or elf, On one man laughing at himself Under the greenwood tree-- The giant laughter of Christian men That roars through a thousand tales, Where greed is an ape and pride is an ass, And Jack's away with his master's lass, And the miser is banged with all his brass, The farmer with all his flails; Tales that tumble and tales that trick, Yet end not all in scorning-- Of kings and clowns in a merry plight, And the clock gone wrong and the world gone right, That the mummers sing upon Christmas night And Christmas Day in the morning.  THE FALL OF THE GOLDEN SHIELD AND THE EARTH SHOOK AND THE KING STOOD STILL UNDER THE GREEN WOOD BOUGH AND THE SMOKING CAKE LAY AT HIS FEET AND THE BLOW WAS ON HIS BROW THEN ALFRED LAUGHED OUT SUDDENLY LIKE THUNDER IN THE SPRING TILL SHOOK ALOUD THE LINTEL BEAMS AND THE SQUIRRELS STIRRED IN DUSTY DREAMS AND THE STARTLED BIRDS WENT UP IN STREAMS FOR THE LAUGHTER OF THE KING AND THE BEASTS OF THE EARTH AND THE BIRDS LOOKED DOWN IN A WILD SOLEMNITY ON A STRANGER SIGHT THAN SILVER ELF ON ONE MAN LAUGHING AT HIMSELF UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE THE GIANT LAUGHTER OF CHRISTIAN MEN THAT ROARS THROUGH A THOUSAND TALES WERE GREED AS AN APE AND PRIED AS AN ASS AND JACKS AWAY WITH HIS MASTER'S LASS AND THE MISSER IS BANGED WITH ALL HIS BRASS AND THE FARMER WITH ALL HIS FLAILS TALES THAT TUMBLE AND TALES THE TRICK YET END NOT ALL IN SCORNING OF KINGS AND CLOWNS IN A MERRY FLIGHT AND THE CLOCK GONE WRONG AND THE WORLD GONE RIGHT AND THE MUMMERS SING UPON CHRISTMAS NIGHT AND CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORNING
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