Ii

The black cat came to us a twelvemonth since; The black cat is a stranger with us yet; We treat him well; we call him our Black Prince. So thick and glossy is his coat of jet You well might say that you have never met A cat so lordly, though he seems to brood Over some wrong he never can forget. We know that he could tell us, if he would-- Our dear Black Prince, so sad, so gentle, and so good!