Ontario’s beaver, without demur,

To form his hat did lend its fur:

His frill was of the cambric fine,

And his neckcloth starched and aquiline;

And oh, the eye with pleasure dwells

On his white jean indescribables;

And he throws the locks from his forehead fair,

And he pants, and pants, and pants for air;

What is the reason I cannot tell,

There is a cause—I know it well;