That it would not go down one half the way
To the place of the envied treasure.[[1]]
Said she, in a pet, "One thing I know,"
As she rose, and in haste departed,
"It is not those of the
greatest show,
To whom for a favor 'tis best to go,
Or that prove most generous-hearted!"
A fleecy flock came into the field;
When one of its members followed