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 XVII. The Geese, Cranes, and Stork:
Or, An equal Guilt, deserves an equal Punishment.
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Geese and Cranes (a most pernicious Breed
To new-sown Ground) devour'd a Farmer's Seed:
He pitch'd his Net, and with successful Work,
Took them, and, in their Company, a Stork.
She begg'd the injur'd Hind to let her loose,
And pleaded, She was neither Crane nor Goose;
But a rare Bird, with noble Parts endu'd,
And fam'd for filial Love, and Gratitude.
To new-sown Ground) devour'd a Farmer's Seed:
He pitch'd his Net, and with successful Work,
Took them, and, in their Company, a Stork.
She begg'd the injur'd Hind to let her loose,
And pleaded, She was neither Crane nor Goose;
But a rare Bird, with noble Parts endu'd,
And fam'd for filial Love, and Gratitude.
The Man reply'd; This I already know;
Love your good Qualities, and praise them too:
But, since you did with these Transgressors flie,
Your Guilt's alike, and you alike must die.
Love your good Qualities, and praise them too:
But, since you did with these Transgressors flie,
Your Guilt's alike, and you alike must die.
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The MORAL.
‘He that does Ill, and he that gives Consent,‘Justly deserve an equal Punishment:
‘For Accessories to a lawless Act,
‘Incur like Guilt with those who do the Fact.
‘They boast their noble Qualities in vain,
‘When base Confed'racies their Merit stain.
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