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EPIGRAM LIII.
[By never-failing cunning taught]
QUALIS AB INCEPTO.
By never-failing cunning taught,
Her arts the spider plies;
And ambush'd in the web she wrought,
A fell assassin lies.
Her arts the spider plies;
And ambush'd in the web she wrought,
A fell assassin lies.
By never-ceasing rashness led,
The fly pursues his way,
Bolts on the snare his heedless head,
A self-devoted prey.
The fly pursues his way,
Bolts on the snare his heedless head,
A self-devoted prey.
Nature upholds her general reign
By everlasting rules:
Her spiders would be knaves in vain,
Unless her flies were fools.
By everlasting rules:
Her spiders would be knaves in vain,
Unless her flies were fools.
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