We

      cannot

     do without.

      A man

     and a lion once had a dispute,

     Which was reckon'd the greatest, the man or the brute;

     The lion discoursed on his side at some length,

     And greatly enlarged on his courage and strength.

     The man, one would think, had enough to reply

     On

      his

     side the question, which none could deny;

     But like many others who make a pretence,

     He talk'd perfect nonsense, and thought it good sense.

     "So," says he, "don't be prating,—look yonder, I pray,

     At that sculpture of marble, now what will you say?

     The lion is vanquished; but as for the man

     He is striding upon him; deny it who can."

     "But pray," said the lion, "who sculptured that stone?"

     "One of

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