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Rh Dogs wag their tails and fawn and roll,
 * Bare mouth and belly, at your feet:

Bull-elephants show self-esteem,
 * Demand much coaxing ere they eat.

A tiny rill Is quick to fill,
 * And quick a mouse's paws;

So seedy men Are grateful, when
 * There is but little cause.

For if there be no mind
 * Debating good and ill,

And if religion send
 * No challenge to the will,

If only greed be there
 * For some material feast,

How draw a line between
 * The man-beast and the beast?

Or more accurately yet:

"But at present," said Cheek, "we two hold no job at court. So why meddle?" "My dear fellow," said Victor, "after a little the jobless man does hold a job. As the saying goes: