Education.

Lapluck and Caesar brothers were, descended      From dogs by Fame the most commended,      Who falling, in their puppyhood,      To different masters anciently,      One dwelt and hunted in the boundless wood;      From thieves the other kept a kitchen free.      At first, each had another name;      But, by their bringing up, it came,      While one improved upon his nature,      The other grew a sordid creature,      Till, by some scullion called Lapluck,      The name ungracious ever stuck.      To high exploits his brother grew,      Put many a stag at bay, and tore      Full many a trophy from the boar;      In short, him first, of all his crew,      The world as Caesar knew;      And care was had, lest, by a baser mate,      His noble blood should e'er degenerate.      Not so with his neglected brother;      He made whatever came a mother;      And, by the laws of population,      His race became a countless nation -      The common turnspits throughout France -      Where danger is, they don't advance -      Precisely the antipodes      Of what we call the Caesars, these!      Oft falls the son below his sire's estate:      Through want of care all things degenerate.      For lack of nursing Nature and her gifts.      What crowds from gods become mere kitchen-thrifts!