The Timeful Frog. 99 



" Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog, 

 And the hoarse nation croaked 'God save King Log." " 



From the same delightful source comes that other that would 

 have her children know that their mother could make her- 

 self "so big as anything" 



1 ' And thus the reptile sits 

 Enlarging till she splits." 



And also those, the "much-complaining" frogs, that pre- 

 sumptuously entertained the idea of punishing the Sun for 

 drying up their mud. 



Next, in frequency of mention, are the pugnacious frogs 

 of the classics that did battle with the mice, where "he 

 who inflates the cheek" warred with the " cheese-nibbler ; " 

 and those others who went, as Beattie sings, to battle 

 against the cranes : 



"And there the frog, a scene full sad to see, 

 Shorn of one leg, slow sprawled along on three. 

 He vaults no more with vigorous hops on high, 

 But mourns in hoarsest croaks his destiny." 



The third group are those of Holy Writ, to which I have 

 already referred. 



