"The beast!" said the rustic, who thought he should die on
The spot, when he found that the thief was a lion!
"Ill luck to my hurry, what now shall I do?
I promised a lamb to detect you 'tis true;
But now I'd consent all my substance to pay,
If I could but with safety get out of your way."
MORAL.
Silly people ask things that would ruin, if sent;
They demand them in haste, and at leisure repent.