Spencer Heath Archive

Item 1170

From same notebook as Item 193

About 1942?

 

Original is missing.

 

 

King Midas in the days of old

Was ruthless, covetous and bold.

He laid his hands on others’ pelf

Until he had it all himself.

 

Emergency he then decreed

And craved a magic for his greed

According as the tale is told

That all he touched might turn to gold.

 

This happened very long ago

And may or may not have been so

But in this harrassed hectic age

It takes no wisdom of a sage

To give high credence to the tale

And of its moral make avail

Concerning kings and all we know

Of them, as politicians go.

So Midas

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