Pickering MS. 289 Every Wolf's & Lion's howl Raises from Hell a Human Soul. The wild Deer, wand 'ring here & there, 21 Keeps the Human Soul from Care. The Lamb misus'd breeds Public Strife, And yet forgives the Butcher's knife. The Bat that flits at close of Eve 25 Has left the Brain that won't Believe. The Owl that calls upon the Night Speaks the Unbeliever's fright. He who shall hurt the little Wren 29 Shall never be belov'd by Men. He who the Ox to wrath has mov'd Shall never be by Woman lov'd. The wanton Boy that kills the Fly 33 Shall feel the Spider's enmity. He who torments the Chafer's Sprite Weaves a Bower in endless Night. The Catterpiller on the Leaf 37 Repeats to thee thy Mother's grief. Kill not the Moth nor Butterfly, For the Last Judgment draweth nigh. He who shall train the Horse to war 41 Shall never pass the Polar Bar. The Beggar's Dog & Widow's Cat, Feed them & thou wilt grow fat. The Gnat that sings his Summer's Song 45 Poison gets from Slander's tongue. The poison of the Snake & Newt Is the sweat of Envy's Foot. The poison of the Honey Bee 49 Is the Artist's Jealousy. The Prince's Robes & Beggar's Rags Are Toadstools on the Miser's Bags.
22 Keeps] Keep all edd. except Shep. 24 Cp, footnote to 'The Fly' in the Songs of Experience. 37, 38 The . . . griefj Cp. The Gates of Paradise, ' Keys of the Gates,' 11. i, 2 : —
- ' The Catterpiller on the Leaf
- Reminds thee of thy Mother's Grief.'
44 wilt] shalt all edd. except Shep.
