THE KNIGHTS. OBA

“In sacred Athens shall a woman dwell ;

’ There shall she bear a lion fierce and fell;
With many gnats the noble beast shall fight,
Guarding, as dam her cubs, the people’s right ;
Him must thou shelter, for the public good,
With iron bulwarks and a wall of wood.

I am the lion; Apollo commands you to take care of
me.”

D. “You the lion? Why, a moment ago you
were a dog.”

S..s. “Ah! sir, but he hides the true sense of the
prophecy of the lion and the wooden wall in which
Apollo says you are to keep him.”

D. “What is it?”

S.-s. “Of course it is the stocks; you are to keep
him in the stocks.”

D. “Good! That is a prophecy that seems very
likely to be fulfilled. But I have not heard about
the eagle yet.”

&, “Listen then :—

“Soon shalt thou soar aloft on eagle’s wings,
Acknowledged lord of earth, and king of kings.”

S.-s. “And now hear mine: —

“Earth and the Red Sea shall your rule obey,
While comfit cake you munch from day to day,
Sitting on juries in Ecbatana.”

D. “J think Glanis is a better prophet than Bacis.
But now listen, you two. Have done with your