Was it the roguish stork, oh say,

That thus together brought their way?

I think that fate great fondness bore them,

When choosing different mothers for them.

But thou shouldst see the cot so sightly,

The woodland home in which they dwell!

The cause of it I know not rightly

Why storks just there should thrive so well,

And one especially, who hovers

On roof which inner chamber covers,