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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 | Truth in Fiction |  |
An
Eagle, touring long in quest of Prey,
Seiz'd a large Scallop on the Sandy Bay;
But found the Shell so strong, and clos'd so fast,
She cou'd not reach the Meat she long'd to taste.
Seiz'd a large Scallop on the Sandy Bay;
But found the Shell so strong, and clos'd so fast,
She cou'd not reach the Meat she long'd to taste.
A pert Young Daw, that saw her strive in vain,
Advis'd her thus to supersede her Pain:
Bear it aloft, and drop it on a Stone,
'Twill crack the Shell, and make the Meat your own.
Advis'd her thus to supersede her Pain:
Bear it aloft, and drop it on a Stone,
'Twill crack the Shell, and make the Meat your own.
The Eagle mounts, and, in her airy Flight,
Let the Fish drop from the stupendous Height.
The watchful Daw, observing where it fell,
Pick'd the fat Scallop from its broken Shell;
Then with her Booty made a swift Retreat,
And left the Eagle to resent the Cheat.
Let the Fish drop from the stupendous Height.
The watchful Daw, observing where it fell,
Pick'd the fat Scallop from its broken Shell;
Then with her Booty made a swift Retreat,
And left the Eagle to resent the Cheat.
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