May’st thou, too, be free, when the judgment shall come.
Good-bye, my kind master; compassion thou’st shown.
From tyranny’s chains, now, through thee, have I flown.”
He gave to our merchant some words of advice.
Then flew away, shouting: “Good-bye! Very nice!”
The merchant a “Safe journey” augured to him.
Then thought: “Useful lesson I’ve learned, and trim.305
His doings may serve as a pattern for me.
I’ll imitate him. Better teacher can’t be.
My soul is not, sure, inferior to his.