Bruin the sentence heard—and paused;
Long in his brain revolved the same—
Then thus, in modest attitude,
Humbled and changed, was heard exclaim—
“When the wise monkey censured me,
I ’gan to fear my labor vain;
But since the pig has praised—alas!
I ne’er shall dare to dance again!”
Each author to this rule attend—
Doubt fortune, if the critic blames;