Their voice in animals' behoof?
It is a pleasant thing to think
The horse we flog, the fish we hook,
Feel little pain—although they shrink;
But does cool science know its book?
The poor crimped cod, the walloped moke,
Can't tell us that they rather like it;
The dog smiles not as at a joke
When harsh Bill Sikes will kick or strike it.
Man is an animal, after all,