“’Tis green—I saw it with these eyes,
As late with open mouth it lay,
And warm’d itself in sunny ray;
Stretch’d at its ease the beast I view’d,
And saw it eat the air for food.”
“I’ve seen it, sir, as well as you,
And must again affirm it blue:
At leisure I the beast survey’d,
Extended in the cooling shade.”
“’Tis green, ’tis green, sir, I assure ye.”