And this the cautious rogues began to feel:
“Thus will he ever bark,” in peevish tone
An elder cried - “the cur must have a bone.”
They then began to hint, and to begin
Was all they needed - it was felt within:
In terms less veil’d an offer then was made;
Though distant still, it fail’d not to persuade:
More plainly then was every point proposed,
Approved, accepted, and the bargain closed.
The exulting paupers hail’d their Friend’s success,