The Youth's Coronal

by Hannah Flagg Gould

But thou for this art not to blame;

Nor should it make us load

With obloquy, and scorn, and shame

The honest name of TOAD.

For, though so low on nature's scale—

In presence so uncouth,

Thou ne'er hast told an evil tale,

Of falsehood, or of truth.

Thy thoughts are ne'er on malice bent—

Nor hands to mischief prone;