• A Raven sat upon a tree,
      And not a word he spoke, for
    His beak contained a piece of Brie,
      Or, maybe, it was Roquefort:
        We ’ll make it any kind you please—
        At all events, it was a cheese.

    Beneath the tree’s umbrageous limb
      A hungry fox sat smiling;
    He saw the raven watching him,
      And spoke in words...