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Anne Kingsmill Finch - The Battle Between The Rats And The Weazles
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In dire Contest the Rats and Weazles met, 
And Foot to Foot, and Point to Point was set: 
An ancient Quarrel had such Hatred wrought,
That for Revenge, as for Renown, they fought. 
Now bloody was the Day, and hard the Strife,
Wherein bold Warriors lost neglected Life;
But as, some Errors still we must commit, 
Nor Valour always ballanc`d is by Wit;
Among the Rats some Officers appear`d,
With lofty Plumage on their Foreheads rear`d,
Unthinking they, and ruin`d by their Pride:
For when the Weazles prov`d the stronger Side,
A gen`ral Rout befell, and a Retreat, 
Was by the Vanquish`d now implor`d of Fate; 
To slender Crannies all repair`d in haste,
Where easily the undress`d Vulgar past: 
But when the Rats of Figure wou`d have fled,
So wide those branching Marks of Honour spread, 
The Feather in the Cap was fatal to the Head.
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