Select Poetry. MIGHT AND RIGHT.
JTRO3I THE GERMAN OF PFBOTEfc. A sparrow caught a big blue bottle ' My, upon a weeping willow ; Itbuzz'd— Phil held him by the throttle, ' Oh, let me go, there's a good fellow.' ' * No,' says the murderer, ' not at all 5 ITor I am big, and you are small/ A sparrow-hawk pounced on the sparrow Enjoying his repast ; at once He plunged his talons in his marrow; ' Oh, let me go ; what's the nonce V ' Oil !' says the murderer, ' not at all ; 3?or I am big, and you are small.' An eagle spied the sport ; and, lo ! , Popp'd down to have a bit of dinner, ' Oh, please your majesty, let me go ; Have mercy on a worthless sinner.' * Pooh J' says the murderer, • not at all ; Por I am big, and you are small.' While yet the king the bones was picking, An archer served him out Ms gruel V An arrow in his gizzard sticking, Made him exclaim, ' 0 dear, how cruel !' * Tut,' quoth the archer, « not at all ; For I am big, and you are small.' The moral is plain, ho 1 read it all :— But One is big, all else are small.
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Otago Witness, Issue 931, 2 October 1869, Page 16
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199Select Poetry. MIGHT AND RIGHT. Otago Witness, Issue 931, 2 October 1869, Page 16
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