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PART III
SPANISH FABLES
THE ASS AND THE FLUTE
YOU must know that this ditty.
This little romance,
Be it dull, be it witty.
Arose from mere chance.
Near a certain enclosure.
Not far from my manse,
An Ass with composure
Was browsing by chance.
As he went along prying.
With sober advance,
A shepherd's Flute lying
He found there by chance.
Our amateur started,
And eyed it askance.
Drew nearer and snorted
Upon it by chance.
The breath of the brute. Sir,
Drew music for once;
It entered the Flute, Sir,
And blew it by chance.
