Charles and Animals.

The cow has a horn, and the fish has a gill;

The horse has a hoof, and the duck has a bill;

The bird has a wing, that on high he may sail;

And the lion a mane, and the monkey a tail;

And they swim, or they fly, or they walk, or they eat,

With fin, or with wing, or with bill, or with feet.

And Charles has two hands, with five fingers to each,

On purpose to work with, to hold and to reach;

No birds, beasts, or fishes, for work or for play,

Have any thing half so convenient as they:

But if he don’t use them, and keep them in use,

He’d better have had but two legs, like a goose.