The straw, hair, and feathers to meet her desires
He brought to the trap, and she pulled through the wires.
Her couch being formed, soon the offspring appeared–
A numerous progeny, there to be reared;
While around her on every side there did lie
The bodies of those that of hunger did die–
And had long been dead, any person could tell
Who had eyes that would see, or a nose that could smell.
He only took care to provide for that one
By affection and instinct he knew was his own.