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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Fox and Cat, bound tow'rds a Wood, for Prey,
Shortned, with pleasing Chat, the Time and Way:
The Fox began his crafty Wiles to boast,
Which still were Help at hand, when needed most:
He said, He cou'd the Dogs and Huntsmen gull,
For he had Shifts at least a Budget full.
The Cat reply'd, She had but one Retreat
To save her self, and that ne'er fail'd her yet.
Shortned, with pleasing Chat, the Time and Way:
The Fox began his crafty Wiles to boast,
Which still were Help at hand, when needed most:
He said, He cou'd the Dogs and Huntsmen gull,
For he had Shifts at least a Budget full.
The Cat reply'd, She had but one Retreat
To save her self, and that ne'er fail'd her yet.
While thus they talk'd, and had forgot their Fears,
A sudden Cry of Hounds alarm'd their Ears:
Tybert to her old Method had recourse,
Climb'd a tall Tree, and there defy'd their Force.
Reynard, by Shifts, to save his Bacon thought,
But whi e he doubted which to try, was caught.
A sudden Cry of Hounds alarm'd their Ears:
Tybert to her old Method had recourse,
Climb'd a tall Tree, and there defy'd their Force.
Reynard, by Shifts, to save his Bacon thought,
But whi e he doubted which to try, was caught.
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