10 
’Twas the Rooks who taught men 
Vast pamphlets to pen 
Upon social compact and law, 
And Parliaments hold 
As themselves did of old, 
Exclaiming “ Hear, hear,’’ for ‘“‘ Caw, Caw.” 
And whence arose Love ? 
Go ask.of the Dove, 
Or behold how the Titmouse unresting, 
Still early and late 
Ever sings by his mate 
To lighten her labours of nesting. 
Their bonds never gall, 
Though the leaves shoot and fall, 
And the seasons roll round in their course, 
For their marriage each year 
Grows more lovely and dear ; 
And they know not decrees of Divorce. 
That these things are truth 
We have learned from our youth, 
For our hearts to our customs incline, 
As the rivers that roll 
From the fount of our soul 
Immortal, unchanging, div ne. 
Man, simple and old, 
Iu his ages of gold, 
Derived from our teaching true light ; 
And deemed it his praise 
In his ancestor’s ways, 
To govern his footsteps aright. 
But tlie fountain of woes, 
Philosophy, rose ; 
And what between reason and whim, 
He has splintered our rules 
Into sections and schools, 
So the world is made bitter, for him. 
But the birds, since on earth, 
They discovered the worth 
Of their souls, and resolved with a vow, 
No custom to change 
For a new, or a strange, 
Have attained unto Paradise, now. 
