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The insects and birds, with the balls and their feasts / Caus'd much conversation among all the beasts: / The Elephant, famous for sense as for size, / At such entertainments express'd much surprise;
Says he, "shall these impudent tribes of the air, / To break our soft slumbers thus wantonly dare? / Shall these petty creatures, us beasts far below, / Exceed us in consequence, fashion, and show?