Moral and political fables ancient and modern. Done into Measurd Prose intermixd with Ryme. By Dr. Walter Pope |
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Fab. LXXXVIII. The Woman and Wolf. |
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Fab. LXXXVIII. The Woman and Wolf.
A Hungry Wolf, hunting about for Prey,
Came to a Country Cottage, and there heard
A Mother menacing her crying Child
To give't the Wolf, if it did not desist:
The Wolf, who thought the Woman spoke her mind,
Patiently waited for the froward Boy,
Until he heard the Mother change her Note,
And say to th' Child, be not afraid, my Dear,
We'll kill the Wolf, if he comes for my Babe.
Thus disappointed, back to the Wood he goes,
Vexd, pensive, desperate, cursing his stay,
And all the way he went, had this in's mouth,
What a strange thing is Man, whose words & deeds
Have no conformity one with the other?
Came to a Country Cottage, and there heard
A Mother menacing her crying Child
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The Wolf, who thought the Woman spoke her mind,
Patiently waited for the froward Boy,
Until he heard the Mother change her Note,
And say to th' Child, be not afraid, my Dear,
We'll kill the Wolf, if he comes for my Babe.
Thus disappointed, back to the Wood he goes,
Vexd, pensive, desperate, cursing his stay,
And all the way he went, had this in's mouth,
What a strange thing is Man, whose words & deeds
Have no conformity one with the other?
The Moral.
Words do not always shew what's in the Heart. | Moral and political fables | |