A CHILD'S STORY
_(Written for, and inscribed to W. M. the Younger)_
I
Hamelin° town's in Brunswick, °1
By famous Hanover city;
The river Weser, deep and wide,
Washes its walls on either side;
A pleasanter spot you never spied;
But, when begins my ditty,
Almost five hundred years ago,
To see the townsfolk suffer so
From vermin, was a pity.