The Monkey's Frolic: A Humorous Tale, in Verse

Our tale is a true one, from which may be taught
A maxim for youth, with utility fraught;—
If terrors assail you, examine the cause,
And all will be well ;—for, by Nature’s kind laws,
Nor Goblins nor Spectres on earth have a station,—
These phantoms are all of ideal creation.
A Monkey , that comical tricks would be at,
His frolics one morning began with the Cat ;
He chatter’d, as much as to say How d’ ye do?
And Puss look’d her thanks, and politely cried Mew !
Pug then shook her paw, and they sat down together,
Puss washing her face, indicating wet weather.