Amazed he started, for th’ affrighted man,
Lost and bewilder’d, thought not of the bran.
But all were silent, all on things intent
Of high concern, none ear to money lent;
So on he walk’d, more cautious than before,
And gain’d the purposed sum and one piece more.
“Practice makes perfect:” when the month came round,
He dropp’d the cash, nor listen’d for a sound:
But yet, when last of all th’ assembled flock
He ate and drank, - it gave th’ electric shock: