Not having eaten all the day,
The Kite had other views of things.
Thus—"What's the use of music, pray?
I, too, can talk of mighty kings.
"When you take kings—or kings take you—
Sing to them and their pretty dears;
I'm hungry, and know what to do—
An empty stomach has no ears."
FABLE 192. THE FISH AND THE SHEPHERD WHO PLAYED ON THE CLARIONET
