. A monograph of the weaver-birds, Ploceidand arboreal and terrestrial finches, Fringillid . ive yourself airs, For Ive heard it reported at home, sir. That youre on the best terms With the diet of Worms, And have often been tempted to Borne, sir. Thus you feather your nest In the way you like best, And live high without fear of mishap, sir; You are fond of your grub, Have a taste for some shrub, And for ^JK—there you understand trap, sir. 16 Tlio the rivers wont flow In the frost and the snow, And for fish other folks vainly try, sir ; Tet youll have a treat, For, in cold or in heat, Ton can
. A monograph of the weaver-birds, Ploceidand arboreal and terrestrial finches, Fringillid . ive yourself airs, For Ive heard it reported at home, sir. That youre on the best terms With the diet of Worms, And have often been tempted to Borne, sir. Thus you feather your nest In the way you like best, And live high without fear of mishap, sir; You are fond of your grub, Have a taste for some shrub, And for ^JK—there you understand trap, sir. 16 Tlio the rivers wont flow In the frost and the snow, And for fish other folks vainly try, sir ; Tet youll have a treat, For, in cold or in heat, Ton can still take perch with s-Jly, sir. In love, too, oh Dick, (Tho you oft when love-sick On the course of good breeding may trample ; And though often heupeckd, Tet) you scorn to neglect To set all mankind an eggsample. Tour opinions tis true Are flighty a few. But at this I, for one, will not grumble; So—your breakfast youve got. And youre off like a shot, Dear Dicky, your humble cum-tumlle.* * Hones Every-Day Book, vol. iii. p. 364 (1838). Copied from the Examiner, Feb. 12, 1815. PI II. T,W Trohawk del K ktli TEXTOR ^ Hinhart imp HI 111
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