This Is the Key

This is the Key of the Kingdom:
In that Kingdom is a city;
In that city is a town;
In that town is a street;
In that street there winds a lane;
In that lane there is a yard;
In that yard there is a house;
In that house there waits a room
In that room an empty bed;
And on that bed a basket--
A Basket of Sweet Flowers:
Of Flowers, of Flowers;
A basket of Sweet Flowers.

Flowers in a Basket;
Basket on the bed;
Bed in the chamber;
Chamber in the house;
House in the weedy yard;
Yard in the winding lane;
Lane in the broad street;
Street in the high town;
Town in the city;
City in the Kingdom--
This is the Key of the Kingdom.
Of the Kingdom this is the Key.

A knight and a lady
Went riding one day
Far into the forest,
Away, away.

"Fair knight," said the lady,
"I pray, have a care.
This forest is evil;
Beware, beware."

A fiery red dragon
They spied on the grass;
The lady wept sorely,
Alas! Alas!

The knight slew the dragon,
The lady was gay,
They rode on together,
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