For you’ll find it more wholesome to follow a creek,
And there angle for trout seven days of the week,
Than to strive to obtain by unwarranted means
E’en a box of diminutive, oily sardines.”
Subdued was bold Richard, he gazed in surprise,
And trembled, while tears welled fast from his eyes,
As he vowed that henceforth the right course he’d pursue;
And Roe is now honest, trustworthy, and true.
