You have heard how Sir Fox treated Crane: With soup in a plate. When again They dined, a long bottle Just suited Crane's throttle; And Sir Fox licked the outside in vain. ...
Said sly Fox to the Crow with the cheese, "Let me hear your sweet voice, now do please!" And this Crow, being weak, Cawed the bit from her beak-- "Music charms," said the Fox, "and here's cheese!" ...
The Geese joined the Cranes in some wheat; All was well, till, disturbed at their treat, Light-winged, the Cranes fled, But the slow Geese, well fed, Couldn't rise, and were caught in retreat. ...
A little cock-sparrow sat on a high tree, A little cock-sparrow sat on a high tree, A little cock-sparrow sat on a high tree, And he chirrupped, he chirrupped so merrily....
The Peacock considered it wrong That he had not the nightingale's song; So to Juno he went, She replied, "Be content With thy having, & hold thy fool's tongue!"
"So awkward, so shambling a gait!" Mrs Crab did her daughter berate, Who rejoined, "It is true I am backward; but you Needed lessons in walking quite late."
1. A jolly fat frog lived in the river swim, O! A comely black crow lived on the river brim, O! "Come on shore, come on shore," Said the crow to the frog, and then, O!...