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The Frog Prince (excerpts)
by Stevie Smith

I am a frog
I live under a spell
I live at the bottom
Of a green well

I am happy, I like the life,
Can swim for many a mile
(When I have hopped to the river)
And am forever agile.

But always when I think these thoughts
As I sit in my well
Another thought comes to me and says:
It is part of the spell

To be happy
To work up contentment
To make much of being a frog
To fear disenchantment

Says, It will be heavenly
To be se free,
Cries Heavenly the girl who disenchants
And the royal times, heavenly,
And I think it will be.

Come then, royal girl and royal times,
Come quickly,
I can be happy until you come
But I cannot be heavenly,
Only disenchanted people
Can be heavenly.