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 LVIII. The Cocks and Partridge:
Or, Patience from Experience.
A nobleman, who did in Cocks delight,
And pleas'd himself to see the Bullies fight;
Bought a young Partridge, which he meant to breed,
And turn'd the Bird among his Cocks to feed:
They did the new-come Guest unkindly treat,
Peck'd at him still, and forc'd him from his Meat.
He guess'd, his being of a diff'rent Kind,
Was the true Cause he did this Hardship find;
And griev'd, to think such Usage shou'd be shown
To him, that was a Stranger, and alone:
But soon did his immod'rate Grief asswage,
When he consider'd their intestine Rage;
How eagerly they with each other fought,
And more than his, their mutual Ruin sought.
This made him bear what did before displease;
With this Remark he did his Trouble ease:
Since they among themselves so ill agree,
It is not strange they All shou'd harass Me.
And pleas'd himself to see the Bullies fight;
Bought a young Partridge, which he meant to breed,
And turn'd the Bird among his Cocks to feed:
They did the new-come Guest unkindly treat,
Peck'd at him still, and forc'd him from his Meat.
He guess'd, his being of a diff'rent Kind,
Was the true Cause he did this Hardship find;
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To him, that was a Stranger, and alone:
But soon did his immod'rate Grief asswage,
When he consider'd their intestine Rage;
How eagerly they with each other fought,
And more than his, their mutual Ruin sought.
This made him bear what did before displease;
With this Remark he did his Trouble ease:
Since they among themselves so ill agree,
It is not strange they All shou'd harass Me.
The MORAL.
‘He that reads Men, and grows, by Converse, wise,‘In Fortune's Traverses finds no Surprize:
‘He knows how Mankind's Pulse is wont to beat,
‘And with what Usage they each other treat:
‘Hence Patience arms him to support each Change,
‘And think no Turns or Alterations strange:
‘Without Regret he bears uncertain State,
‘In which he only shares the Common Fate.
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