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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.
 III. 
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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IV.
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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.
 II. 
PART II.
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PART III.
 IV. 
PART IV.
 XVII. 
XVII. CONTAGION.
 XVIII. 
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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II.
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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.
 VII. 
PART VII.

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How that bronze tube, round which erewhile
This discussion was carried so high,
Mock'd, as it listen'd, and said with a smile,
“Men boast, but the victor am I!”
“Thou?” growl'd the Cannon Ball—“thou! is it thou
Who didst level yon walls with the plain,
Mowing down men, as the harvesters mow
Hollow paths thro' the thick of the grain?
Braggart! 'tis I who alone can do this.
'Tis the brush of my brazen orb bursts wide
War's mason'd masses!”—Whereto, with a hiss,
“Silence, blockhead!” the Powder replied.
“On the arsenal floor had'st thou rested still,
Were it not for me, who thy wings provide.
And thou art but the deed: it is I am the will.”
But, as thus he mutter'd, with surly pride,
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“Vagabond!” scornfully splutter'd the Match,
“Boast not thou in thy master's presence!
Ball, Cannon, and Powder,—inert batch
Of base stuff, stirr'd by my quickening essence,—
The Fire am I, and my slaves are ye.
He, whose vitals a vulture tore,
Well was he 'ware of the worth of me,
When from heaven he stole, in the days of yore,
The spark that in my Promethean wand
Yet glows with the heat of a god's invention.”
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