XXVI.
THAT OF THE INDISCREET HEN AND THE
RESOURCEFUL ROOSTER.
(An Allegory.)
I dote upon the softer sex.
The theme I write upon doth vex,
For female inconsistency
A sorry subject is for me
To tackle;
Yet of a wayward female hen
I write this time, with halting pen.
Compound of pride, and vanity,
All feathers she appear'd to be,