[
Translation
]
2.
THE
JACK
DAW.
1.
THERE
is
a
bird
who
by
his
coat
,
And
by
the
hoarseness
of
his
note
,
Might
be
suppós'd
a
crow
;
A
great
frequenter
of
the
church
,
Where
bishop-like
he
finds
a
perch
,
And
dormitory
too
.
2.
Above
the
steeple
shines
a
plate
,
That
turns
and
turns
,
to
indicate
From
what
point
blows
the
weather
;
Look
up
—
your
brains
begin
to
swim
,
'Tis
in
the
clouds
—
that
pleases
him
,
He
chooses
it
the
rather
.
3.
Fond
of
the
speculative
height
,
Thither
he
wings
his
airy
flight
,
And
thence
securely
sees
The
bustle
and
the
raree-show
That
occupy
mankind
below
,
Secure
and
at
his
ease
.
4.
You
think
no
doubt
he
sits
and
muses
On
future
broken
bones
and
bruises
,
If
he
should
chance
to
fall
;
No
not
a
single
thought
like
that
Employs
his
philosophic
pate
,
Or
troubles
it
at
all
.
5.
He
sees
that
this
great
roundabout
The
world
,
with
all
its
motley
rout
,
Church
,
army
,
physic
,
law
,
Its
customs
and
its
businesses
Are
no
concern
at
all
of
his
,
And
says
,
what
says
he
?
Caw
.
6.
Thrice
happy
bird
!
I
too
have
seen
Much
of
the
vanities
of
men
,
And
sick
of
having
seen
e'm
,
Would
chearfully
these
limbs
resign
For
such
a
pair
of
wings
as
thine
,
And
such
a
head
between
'em
.