From the French by Elizur Wright
A COBBLER sang from morn till night:
’T was sweet and marvellous to hear;
His trills and quavers told the ear
Of more contentment and delight,
Enjoyed by that laborious wight,
Than e’er enjoyed the sages seven,...

From the French by Elizur Wright
A PROWLING wolf, whose shaggy skin
(So strict the watch of dogs had been)
  Hid little but his bones,
Once met a mastiff dog astray.
A prouder, fatter, sleeker Tray
  No human mortal owns.
    Sir Wolf, in...