"Its flavor when cooked is more exquisite far

⁠Than mutton, or oysters, or eggs:

(Some think it keeps best in an ivory jar,

⁠And some, in mahogany kegs:)

"You boil it in sawdust: you salt it in glue:

⁠You condense it with locusts and tape:

Still keeping one principal object in view—

⁠To preserve its symmetrical shape."

The Butcher would gladly have talked till next day,

⁠But he felt that the Lesson must end,

And he wept with delight in attempting to say

⁠He considered the Beaver his friend.