Truth in Fiction Or, Morality in Masquerade. A Collection of Two hundred twenty five Select Fables of Aesop, and other Authors. Done into English Verse. By Edmund Arwaker |
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FABLE LXIV. The Vulture's Treat:
Or, A Plausible Decoy.
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Vulture, that had long been scarce of Meat,
Pretends to keep his Birth-day with a Treat;
Invites the little Birds, who fearless fly,
To celebrate the Anniversary.
Their Welcome he in kind Salutes express'd,
But quickly made the Guests themselves his Feast:
By his false Arts the slaughter'd Victims fall,
And grace his Birth-day with their Funeral.
Pretends to keep his Birth-day with a Treat;
Invites the little Birds, who fearless fly,
To celebrate the Anniversary.
Their Welcome he in kind Salutes express'd,
But quickly made the Guests themselves his Feast:
By his false Arts the slaughter'd Victims fall,
And grace his Birth-day with their Funeral.
The MORAL.
‘Soft soothing Words, not always friendly prove;‘Mischief oft' shelters in pretended Love.
‘Fair Speeches, when the Thoughts to Ill encline,
‘Are but the Varnish to a foul Design.
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