Then thus the Lion, as he died:
“’Twas hard to bear the brave,” he cried;
“But to be trampled on by thee
Is Nature’s last indignity;
And thou, O despicable thing,
Giv’st death at least a double sting.”
[XXII.] THE MAN AND THE WEASEL.
A Weasel, by a person caught,
And willing to get off, besought
The man to spare. “Be not severe