de;
At which a lady meant to wear
At the ensuing masquerade.

He turned it round with much surprise,
To find it prove so light and thin;
"How strange!" astonished Reynard cries,
"Here's mouth and nose, and eyes and chin.

"And cheeks and lips, extremely pretty;
And yet, one thing there still remains
To make it perfect--what a pity,
So fine a head should have no brains!"

Thus, to some boy or maiden pretty;
Who to get learning takes no pains,
May we exclaim, "Ah! what a pity,
So fine a head should have no brains!"

The Fox and Crow

In a dairy a crow,
Having ventured to go,
Some food for her young ones to seek,
Flew up in the trees
With a fine piece of cheese,
Which she joyfuly held in her beak.

A fox who lived by,
To the tree saw her fly,
And to share in the prize he made a vow,
For, having just dined,
He for cheese felt inclined,
So he went and sat under the bough.

She was cunning he knew,
But so was he, too,
And with flattery adapted his plan;
For he knew if she'd speak,
It must fall from his beak,
So, bowing politely, began:

"'Tis a very fine day,"
(Not a word did she say),
"The wind, I believe, ma'am, is south:
A fine harvest for peas;"
He then looked at the cheese,
But the crow did not open her mouth.

Sly Reynard, not tired,
He plumage admired:
"How charming! how brilliant its hue!
The voice must be fine
Of a bird so divine,
Ah, let me hear it, pray do.

Believe me I long
To hear a sweet song;"
The silly crow foolishly tries;
She scarce gave one squall,
When the cheese she let fall,
And the fox ran away with the prize.

Jane Taylor

The Blind Men and the Elephant
(A Hindoo Fable)

It was six men of Indostan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see an elephant,
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.

The FIRST approached the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
"God bless me!--but the Elephant
Is very like a wall!"

The SECOND feeling of the tusk,
Cried: "Ho! what have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp!
To me 'tis mighty clear
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear!"

The THIRD approached the animal,