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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The MORAL.
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The MORAL.
‘Who Nature wou'd out-act, with aukward Grace‘Makes his Effort, and flies in Nature's Face:
‘But he who knows which way his Talent lies,
‘To that his Mind, with good success, applies.
‘The supple Courtier, of brisk Air and Mien,
‘That can Come o'er a Cudgel, for the Queen;
‘May hope, at Court, to thrive and be caress'd,
‘For there such pliant Limberham's live best.
‘Shou'd the rough Soldier, with his mangl'd Face,
‘Affect to cringe, and strain a skue Grimace;
‘How mal-a-droit wou'd that Attempt appear,
‘Which do's the fawning Plausible endear?
‘A stubborn Manly from the Court shou'd vamp
‘As fast, as prim Sir Courtly from the Camp.
‘Fools only strive to go against the Grain,
‘Which renders all such Undertakings vain:
‘The Proverb will hold good, do what they can,
‘For Jack will never make a Gentleman.
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