The Eagle and the Crow

The wise well know their force to weigh,

Nor what they cannot do, essay.

A carrion crow an eagle saw

Seize on a lamb with beak and claw.

Conceiving he could better do,

He pounces on a well fed ewe;

But he and not the sheep was caught;

For when to fly with it he sought,

His feet entangled in the wool,

The shepherd seiz’d the helpless fool.