For sure this proverb must be true,

     That ev'ry

      quarrel

     must have

      two

     .

      This

      firm

     once existed, I'd have you to know,

     Messrs. Lion, Wolf, Tiger, Fox, Leopard, and Co.;

     These in business were join'd, and of course 'twas implied,

     They their stocks should unite, and the profits divide.

     Now the fable relates, it so happened one day,

     That their efforts combined, made a bullock their prey:

     But agreed that the Lion should make the division,

     And patiently waited the monarch's decision.

     "My friends," said the Lion, "I've parted, you see,

     The whole into six, which is right, you'll agree;

     One part I may claim, as my share in the trade."

     "Oh, take it and welcome," they all of them said.

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