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[371] ‘Nay,’ Solomon replied,
“The wise and strong should seek
The welfare of the weak,”
And turned his horse aside.
His train, with quick alarm,
Curved with their leader round
The ant-hill's peopled mound,
And left it free from harm.
The jewelled head bent low;
‘O king!’ she said, “henceforth
The secret of thy worth
And wisdom well I know.
“Happy must be the State
Whose ruler heedeth more
The murmurs of the poor
Than flatteries of the great.”
1877.
Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1888-89.
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