And caus’d in the circle no small agitation.
Baron Stork[2] and the fair Demoiselle were delighted;
While some, less distinguish’d, conceiv’d themselves slighted:
The Sparrow was most opportunely engag’d,
Or he wou’d have been beyond all bounds enrag’d.
[p16] However, the Author not one could divine,
Tho’ they ponder’d, and ponder’d, at every line:
And all only serving to puzzle them more,
Sir Argus continued as wise as before.
Distracted, he knew not well whither to go,