defined
- Fashion
- n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.
- A king there was who lost an eye In some excess of passion; And straight his courtiers all did try To follow the new fashion.
- Each dropped one eyelid when before The throne he ventured, thinking ’Twould please the king. That monarch swore He’d slay them all for winking.
- What should they do? They were not hot To hazard such disaster; They dared not close an eye — dared not See better than their master.
- Seeing them lacrymose and glum, A leech consoled the weepers: He spread small rags with liquid gum And covered half their peepers.
- The court all wore the stuff, the flame Of royal anger dying. That’s how court-plaster got its name Unless I’m greatly lying.
- Naramy Oof