▁Two ▁modern ▁poet ical ▁references ▁are ▁dismiss ive . ▁Thom ▁G unn ▁all udes ▁to ▁the ▁f able ▁in ▁the ▁opening ▁st anz as ▁of ▁his ▁poem ▁" The ▁Court ▁Revol t ". ▁The ▁situation ▁described ▁is ▁a ▁consp i racy ▁in ▁which ▁many ▁cour ti ers ▁conn ive ▁out ▁of ▁she er ▁b ored om : ▁' K ing ▁st ork ▁was ▁welcome ▁to ▁replace ▁a ▁log '. ▁New ▁Zealand ▁poet ▁James ▁K . ▁B ax ter , ▁on ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁express es ▁a ▁preference ▁in ▁his ▁ep ig ram ▁E lection ▁ 1 9 6 0 : ▁ ▁A ▁dem ocr atic ▁people ▁have ▁elected ▁King ▁Log , ▁King ▁St ork , ▁King ▁Log , ▁King ▁St ork ▁again . ▁ ▁Because ▁I ▁like ▁a ▁wide ▁and ▁silent ▁p ond ▁I ▁voted ▁Log . ▁That ▁party ▁was ▁defeated . ▁ ▁W . ▁H . ▁Aud en ▁re created ▁the ▁f able ▁at ▁some ▁length ▁in ▁verse ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁three ▁" M oral ities " ▁he ▁wrote ▁for ▁the ▁German ▁composer ▁Hans ▁Werner ▁Hen ze ▁to ▁set ▁for ▁or chestra ▁and ▁children ' s ▁ch orus ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 7 . ▁The ▁theme ▁of ▁all ▁three ▁is ▁the ▁wrong ▁choices ▁made ▁by ▁people ▁who ▁do ▁not ▁sufficiently ▁appreciate ▁their ▁good ▁fortune ▁when ▁they ▁have ▁it . ▁The ▁first ▁poem ▁of ▁the ▁set ▁follows ▁the ▁cre atures ' ▁fall , ▁from ▁a ▁state ▁of ▁innoc ence ▁when ▁In ▁the ▁first ▁age ▁the ▁fro gs ▁dw elt ▁at