But I think if the Bees can a brother betray,
We Spiders are quite as good people as they.
XIX.
"On the whole, you have lived long enough, I opine;
So now, by your leave, I will hasten to dine;
You'll make a good dinner, it must be confess'd,
And the world, I am thinking, will pardon the rest."
XX.
This lesson for every one, little and great,
Is taught in that vagabond's tragical fate: