62
Two burglars attempted to rifle a house,
But the filer was heard, though as still as a mouse.
When challenged at once he a flier became,
But caught as a lifer he finished his game.
63
The licensed fool in olden days
Gave kings advice in jesting phrase;
He’s silenced now: the modern throne
Declines all follies but its own.
64
Days of dearth, and times of evil,
Starving girls with thread do toil,
No man dareth feast or revel,
Hushed is hatred and turmoil.