And while he yet was in his teens such progress he had made,

    He'd got above his father's size, and much above his trade.

    Now

     Dædalus

    , the carpenter, had made a pair of wings,

    Contrived of wood and feathers and a cunning set of springs,

    By means of which the wearer could ascend to any height,

    And sail about among the clouds as easy as a kite!

    "O father," said young

     Icarus

    , "how I should like to fly!

    And go like you where all is blue along the upper sky;

    How very charming it would be above the moon to climb,

    And scamper through the Zodiac, and have a high old time!

    "Oh wouldn't it be jolly, though,—to stop at all the inns;

    To take a luncheon at 'The Crab,' and tipple at 'The Twins';

    And, just for fun and fancy, while careering through the air,

    To kiss the

     Virgin

    , tease the

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