Shall Isis’ sons thus vainly prize
A rattle of a larger size?’
Blagrave, who during the dispute,
Stood in a corner, snug and mute,
Surpriz’d no doubt, in lofty verse,
To hear his carriages converse,
With solemn care, o’er Oxford ale,
To me disclos’d this wondrous tale.
Moral
“Things may be useful if obscure;