When on some Faery errand bound.—

The bee, that haunts the touch-me-not,

Big-bodied, making braggart din,

Is elfin brother to that sot,

Jack Falstaff of the Boar's Head Inn.

The dragon-fly, whose wings of black

Are mantle for his garb of green,

Is Ancient to this other Jack,

Another Pistol, long and lean.