Yriarte (1750-1791). Trans. R. Rockliff.
THE FROG AND THE HEN.
As once a Frog,
Who all day long had chatte from his bog,
Began to close
His mouth and eyes, and drop into a dose,
He chanced just then
To hear the sudden cackle of a hen.
“What sound is this?”
He cried. “Dear madam, what can be amiss,