The Showman:

You mean, a tramp who flutes for bread and pence?

King Cole:

I come, and flute, and then I wander thence.

The Showman:

Quicksilver Tom, who couldn't keep his place.

King Cole:

My race being run, I love to watch the race.

The Showman:

You ought to seek your rest.

King Cole:

My rest is this,

The world of men, wherever trouble is.

The Showman:

If trouble rests you, God! your life is rest.

[Pg 21]King Cole:

[Pg 21]

Even the sun keeps moving, east to west.

The Showman:

Little he gets by moving; less than I.

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