The Louse and The Dog

Yi Kyu Bo

He was fond, of indulging in the following type of quirk at the expense of vanity or insincerity.

Louse or dog, it’s all the same,

Each goes to meet his written end.

Yet why, if the dog dislikes to die,

Does he kill the louse?

    Now go, my friend,

Consider this, and when you learn

To rate the snail and wren as high

As the stately ox or horse, return

And we’ll talk religion, you and I.