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A Steed, -- a noble sorrel, -- / Docile to spur and rein, / Before a little Squirrel / Went dashing round a plain.
Watching awhile his motions, / So swift, yet regular, / The Squirrel brisk bespeaks him / As follows: "My dear sir, / No great merit / All this deftness, / Grace and lightness -- / Such I've often seen before.