Monday, September 5, 2022

Unknown Authors: The Queen of Hearts

From a 1901 edition of Mother Goose. Illustration by W.W. Denslow.

The poem The Queen of Hearts is an English poem and nursery rhyme based on the playing cards. It was anonymously published in The European Magazine vol. 1, no. 4 in April of 1782. It was published with three lesser-known stanzas "The King of Spades", "The King of Clubs", and "The King of Diamond" but some believe that the other stanzas were added later to what has been a much older poem. The poem is probably best known for its use in Lewis Caroll's Alice in Wonderland. 

Poem:

The Queen of Hearts 
She made some tarts,
All on a summer's day;
The Knave of HeartsHe stole those tarts,
And took them clean away.
The King of Hearts
Called for the tarts,
And beat the knave full sore;
The Knave of Hearts
Brought back the tarts,
And vowed he'd steal no more.

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