Swans require ethereal provend, undesirous to resemble 'em—
Soar to seek Apollo—favored with a parley
Such as, Master, you grant me—who will not hold you long.
"Leave to learn to sing—for that your swan petitions:
Master, who possess the secret, say not nay to such a suitor!
All I ask is—bless mine, purest of ambitions!
Grant me leave to make my kind wise, free, and happy! How?
Just by making me—as you are mine—their model!
Geese have goose-thoughts: make a swan their teacher first, then coadjutor,—
Let him introduce swan-notions to each noddle,—