To tell of the voice of the little brown wren.
One morning Sir Sparrow came sauntering by
And cast on the wren’s house an envious eye;
With a strut of bravado and toss of his head,
“I’ll put in my claim here,” the bold fellow said;
So straightway he mounted on impudent wing,
And entered the door without pausing to ring.
An instant—, and swiftly that feathery knight
All towsled and tumbled, in terror took flight,