The fable which I now present,
    Occurred to me by accident:
    And whether bad or excellent,
    Is merely so by accident.

    A stupid ass this morning went
    Into a field by accident:
    And cropped his food, and was content,
    Until he spied by accident
    A flute, which some oblivious gent
    Had left behind by accident;
    When, sniffling it with eager scent,
    He breathed on it by accident,
    And made the hollow instrument
    Emit a sound by accident.
    "Hurrah, hurrah!" exclaimed the brute,
    "How cleverly I play the flute!"

    A fool, in spite of nature's bent,
    May shine for once, by accident.


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