Men judge of what they see by what they think.

From judging justice, men of sense will shrink.219


II.
The Oilman and the Parrot.

An oilman there was, who a parrot possessed,

Soft-voiced, and green-coated; could talk with the best.

The oilshop her charge when the man was away;

The customers coaxed she the whole live-long day.

Her speech was quite human, her words full of sense,

In all parrot-tricks she was void of offence.