Duet.—Little Buttercup and Captain.
But. Things are seldom what they seem:
Skim milk masquerades as cream;
Highlows pass as patent leathers;
Jackdaws strut in peacocks’ feathers.
Capt. (puzzled). Very true,
So they do.
But. Black sheep dwell in every fold
All that glitters is not gold;
Storks turn out to be but logs;