Bursting with envy, silence broke,
And thus from gilded cage he spoke:—
“Cease, bungler, thy discordant noise,
Untun’d thy throat, and harsh thy voice;
How dar’st thou, vagrant, as thou art,
To me thy dissonance impart?
Know’st thou I sing by studied rules,
And brag the learning of the schools?
Soft rapture to the heart convey,
And charm the list’ning soul away?