the prosperity of the whole universe--and so farewell."

INA.

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THE COOK AND THE CRANES.

FROM THE SPANISH.

(_For the Mirror_.)


Don John de Ayala,--a chap
Whose worst mishap
Was to be curs'd with a purloining cook.
(A fellow, who 'twas plain
Play'd "cut and come again,"
And scarcely reck'd, if all was seen he took.)
Don John de Ayala, went forth to look
For birds, and shot a crane;
Which, forthwith giving the aforesaid knave
To cook, according to the Spanish taste;
_He_, to his dainty-loving _sposa_ gave
A leg at once, well deeming, that to waste
So fair an opportunity for sin
Would be (as _he_ should say a _burning_ shame;)
But, when the bird, at dinner-time went in,
Cried Juan, "Where's the left leg of my game?"