[p7] The Bear having slept the long winter away,
Arriv’d, from the north, to be merry and gay.
The Panther ferocious—the Lynx of quick sight,
The Preacher[1] and Glutton[1] came hither that night.
The Camel, so often with burthens opprest,
Was glad for a while from his labour to rest.
The Sloth, when invited, got up with much pain,
Just groan’d out, “Ah, No!” and then laid down again.
The Fox, near the hen-roost, no longer kept watch,
But hied to the feast, better viands to catch.