Or something indigestible from Tonquin,
For a big, sharp-set Wolf, are snacks, not meals;
So down the sparkling river Lupus steals,
Quite uninvited, but intent on forage,
Fronting the fleecy flocks with wondrous courage;
For whether in the Southdowns, or Siam,
By the near Medway, or the far Menam,
Your Wolf is most courageous—with your Lamb!
With joy the Lamb he spied, then, growling, said,
"Sirrah! how dare you thus disturb my drink?"