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Fables in Song

By Robert Lord Lytton
Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton (1831-1891)

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VOL. I.
  
INTRODUCTORY.
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I. THE THISTLE.
  
MOTTO.
  
PRELUDE.
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PART I.
 II. 
PART II.
 III. 
PART III.
 IV. 
PART IV.
 V. 
PART V.
 VI. 
PART VI.
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II. POSSESSION.
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III. WHO'S IN THE RIGHT?
  
PRELUDE.
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PART I.
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PART II.
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IV. PREMATURITY.
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V. ANCIENTS AND MODERNS.
 VI. 
VI. A PROVISION FOR LIFE.
  
To E. L.,
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VII. THE BLUE MOUNTAINS; OR, THE FAR.
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PART I.
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3.
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PART II.
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PART III.
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PART IV.
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VIII. A WHEAT-STALK; OR, THE NEAR.
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III.
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VI.
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VII.
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IX. THE ASS AND THE WAGTAIL.
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X. THE MISANTHROPE AND THE BIRD.
 XI. 
XI. FORTUNE AND HER FOLLOWERS.
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XII. COMPOSURE.
 XIII. 
XIII. SIC ITUR.
 XIV. 
XIV. DIOGENES OR ALEXANDER?
 XV. 
XV. A LEGEND.
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XVI. THE RAINPOOL.
  
PRELUDE.
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PART I.
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PART II.
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PART III.
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PART IV.
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XVII. CONTAGION.
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XVIII. AURORA CLAIR.
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XIX. LOST TREASURES.
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PART I.
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PART II.
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PART III.
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XX. CHASSÉ-CROISÉ.
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XXI. A PHILOSOPHER.
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PART I.
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PART II.
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XXII. ONLY A SHAVING.
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XXIII. THE LAST CRUISE OF THE ARROGANT; OR NO COMPROMISE.
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XXIV. KNOWLEDGE AND POWER.
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XXV. OPINION.
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PART I.
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PART II.
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PART III.
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XXVI. DE PROFUNDIS.
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XXVII. “GO ON, I'LL FOLLOW THEE!”
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III.
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XXVIII. THE EAGLE AND HIS COMPANIONS;
  
MONOLOGUE.
  
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VOL. II.
  
INTRODUCTORY.
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XXIX. FIAT JUSTITIA.
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CANTO THE FIRST.—THEORY.
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CANTO THE SECOND.—PRACTICE.
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CANTO THE THIRD.—EXPERIENCE.
 XXX. 
XXX. THE ROCK.
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XXXI. DEMOS.
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PART 1.
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PART II.
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PART III.
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XXXII. A PROMETHEUS UNBOUND.
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XXXIII. VALOUR.
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XXXIV. PAIN.
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XXXV. QUESTIONABLE CONSOLATION.
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XXXVI. FORGIVE AND FORGET.
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XXXVII. THE MOUNTAINS OF TIME.
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XXXVIII. CONSERVATION OF FORCE.
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XXXIX. HOMERIDES.
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XL. POINTS DE VUE—POINT DE VUE.
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XLI. PYRRHONISM,
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XLII. THE MOUNTAIN AND THE MARSH.
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XLIII. TELEOLOGY.
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XLIV. COGITO ERGO SUM.
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XLV. PHILOSOPHY OF THE LITTLE.
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XLVI. MASTER AT HOME.
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PART I.
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PART II.
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PART III.
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PART IV.
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XLVII. THE PLANE AND THE PENKNIFE.
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XLVIII. THE DRAG AND THE WHEEL.
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XLIX. A HAUGHTY SPIRIT BEFORE A FALL.
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PART II.
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PART III.
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PART IV.
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L. THE ROSE AND THE BRAMBLE.
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LI. DUCUNT VOLENTEM FATA: NOLENTEM TRAHUNT.
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LII. SUUM CUIQUE.
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LIII. THE TWO TRAVELLERS;
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LIV. AN ILL-ASSORTED COUPLE.
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LV. BETWEEN HAMMER AND ANVIL.
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LVI. HOMO HOMINI LUPUS.
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LVII. THE HORSE AND THE FLY.
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LVIII. ET CÆTERA ET CÆTERA.
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LIX. MONUMENTUM ÆRE PERENNIUS.
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LX. SANS SOUCI.
  
PROLOGUE
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PART I.
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PART II.
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PART III.
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PART IV.
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PART V.
 VI. 
PART VI.
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PART VII.

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“Scorn not the form by dædal ages made
For my adornment and the world's devotion,
In symbol of the fixt foundation laid
For the world's motion!
The first word of creation was Testudo,
And all was in the word. My sire grandæval
Bore on his back (as easily as you do
Chafer or weevil
In beak or claw) the elephant gigantic,
Who bore the whole world's weight upon his own.
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Wild Change, the revolutionary antic,
Was then unknown;
Then, based on principle, the world stood fast;
And when the changing world to changeless me
Repentant turns, then all shall rest at last
Where all should be.
You others are as wanton as the weather,
Respecting naught. But truth survives neglect.
I wait, and hug myself, and keep together
My self-respect.
Who knows? The old Saturnian times return:
Order I bring, and peace, to earth again,
When tipsy Fortune from her tilted urn
Shakes down”....
Just then
His evil star, on which he had not reckon'd,
Wink'd, and a Hare into the open beckon'd.
The Eagle spied the tempting prey,
Unclasp'd his claws, and, well-a-day!
As swift as crash
Succeeds to flash,
When thunder-clouds together clash,
A swooning fall, a sounding smash!
And on the earth, it was his vain
Tho' brave ambition to sustain,
Shatter'd the Tortoise lay.
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