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A mouse once from an owl's beak fell	B
I'd not have pick'd it up I wis	C
A Brahmin did it very well	B
Each country has its prejudice	C
The mouse indeed was sadly bruised	D
Although as neighbours we are used	D
To be more kind to many others	E
The Brahmins treat the mice as brothers	E
The notion haunts their heads that when	F
The soul goes forth from dying men	F
It enters worm or bird or beast	G
As Providence or Fate is pleased	H
And on this mystery rests their law	I
Which from Pythagoras they're said to draw	I
And hence the Brahmin kindly pray'd	J
To one who knew the wizard's trade	J
To give the creature wounded sore	K
The form in which it lodged before	K
Forthwith the mouse became a maid	J
Of years about fifteen	L
A lovelier was never seen	L
She would have waked I ween	L
In Priam's son a fiercer flame	M
Than did the beauteous Grecian dame	M
Surprised at such a novelty	N
The Brahmin to the damsel cried	O
'Your choice is free	N
For every he	N
Will seek you for his bride '	-
Said she 'Am I to have a voice	P
The strongest then shall be my choice '	-
'O sun ' the Brahmin cried 'this maid is thine	L
And thou shalt be a son in law of mine '	-
'No ' said the sun 'this murky cloud it seems	Q
In strength exceeds me since he hides my beams	Q
And him I counsel you to take '	-
Again the reverend Brahmin spake	R
'O cloud on flying with thy stores of water	S
Pray wast thou born to wed my daughter '	-
'Ah no alas for you may see	N
The wind is far too strong for me	N
My claims with Boreas' to compare	T
I must confess I do not dare '	-
'O wind ' then cried the Brahmin vex'd	U
And wondering what would hinder next	U
'Approach and with thy sweetest air	T
Embrace possess the fairest fair '	-
The wind enraptured thither blew	V
A mountain stopp'd him as he flew	V
To him now pass'd the tennis ball	W
And from him to a creature small	W
Said he 'I'd wed the maid but that	X
I've had a quarrel with the rat	X
A fool were I to take the bride	O
From one so sure to pierce my side '	-
The rat It thrill'd the damsel's ear	Y
To name at once seem'd sweet and dear	Z
The rat 'Twas one of Cupid's blows	A2
The like full many a maiden knows	A2
But all of this beneath the rose	A2
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One smacketh ever of the place	B2
Where first he show'd the world his face	B2
Thus far the fable's clear as light	C2
But if we take a nearer sight	C2
There lurks within its drapery	N
Somewhat of graceless sophistry	N
For who that worships e'en the glorious sun	L
Would not prefer to wed some cooler one	L
And doth a flea's exceed a giant's might	C2
Because the former can the latter bite	C2
And by the rule of strength the rat	X
Had sent his bride to wed the cat	X
From cat to dog and onward still	D2
To wolf or tiger if you will	D2
Indeed the fabulist might run	L
A circle backward to the sun	L
But to the change the tale supposes	E2
In learned phrase metempsychosis	E2
The very thing the wizard did	F2
Its falsity exposes	E2
If that indeed were ever hid	F2
According to the Brahmin's plan	L
The proud aspiring soul of man	L
And souls that dwell in humbler forms	E2
Of rats and mice and even worms	E2
All issue from a common source	E2
And hence they are the same of course	E2
Unequal but by accident	G2
Of organ and of tenement	G2
They use one pair of legs or two	V
Or e'en with none contrive to do	V
As tyrant matter binds them to	V
Why then could not so fine a frame	M
Constrain its heavenly guest	H2
To wed the solar flame	M
A rat her love possess'd	H2
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In all respects compared and weigh'd	J
The souls of men and souls of mice	E2
Quite different are made	J
Unlike in sort as well as size	E2
Each fits and fills its destined part	I2
As Heaven doth well provide	O
Nor witch nor fiend nor magic art	I2
Can set their laws aside	O

Jean De La Fontaine

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