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 LXIII. The Lion and Man:
Or, Every Tongue its own Trumpet.
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Man and Lion held a long Dispute,
Which Kind excell'd, the Human, or the Brute.
The Man, all further Contests to prevent,
Shew'd his Antagonist a Monument,
On which the artful Graver's Hand express'd
A Man insulting o'er the Princely Beast.
The Lion argu'd, That was not enough,
For Parties shou'd not be allow'd for Proof.
Men, who a Pride in their own Praises take,
Might Monuments, to serve their Int'rest, make:
But if among the Lions had been known
Artists as dext'rous to ingrave in Stone,
He wou'd with more, and truer Sculptures, meet,
Where Men were prostrate laid at Lions Feet.
Which Kind excell'd, the Human, or the Brute.
The Man, all further Contests to prevent,
Shew'd his Antagonist a Monument,
On which the artful Graver's Hand express'd
A Man insulting o'er the Princely Beast.
The Lion argu'd, That was not enough,
For Parties shou'd not be allow'd for Proof.
Men, who a Pride in their own Praises take,
Might Monuments, to serve their Int'rest, make:
But if among the Lions had been known
Artists as dext'rous to ingrave in Stone,
He wou'd with more, and truer Sculptures, meet,
Where Men were prostrate laid at Lions Feet.
The MORAL.
‘Men, who their own Atchievements love to boast,‘To gain their Point, alledge what serves it most:
‘Careless what Truth or Reason may suggest,
‘They chuse what colours their Pretensions best.
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