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A cock scratch'd up, one day, / A pearl of purest ray, / Which to a jeweller he bore. / 'I think it fine,' he said, / 'But yet a crumb of bread / To me were worth a great deal more.'
So did a dunce inherit / A manuscript of merit, / Which to a publisher he bore. / ''Tis good,' said he, 'I'm told, / Yet any coin of gold / To me were worth a great deal more. '[1]
[1]: Phaedrus, III. 11.