Versos English Albert Bigelow Paine King Beetle

English poem

King Beetle

by (1861–1937)

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Oh, a marvelous mind has the old beetle king, And he rules in a marvelous way; For he rolls up his eyes and commences to sing When his subjects go glittering by on the wing; And 'tis said that his notes have a powerful ring When he chants at the breaking of day-- They say-- His anthem at breaking of day.