The sparrow, sole of all that sailed with Noah,

Will learn the casual pot-shot to withstand!

Why surely, when rare birds are rarer made

By 'Arry, or by 'Arriet's hat-adorner,

These gentry should be tethered

To posts, and tarred and feathered!

To see the balance thus redressed a mourner

Would not be he who has these lines essayed!