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 |
I. |
I. |
II. |
III. |
IV. |
V. |
VI. |
VII. |
VIII. |
IX. |
X. |
XI. |
XII. |
XIII. |
XIV. |
XV. |
XVI. |
XVII. |
XVIII. |
XIX. |
XX. |
XXI. |
XXII. |
XXIII. |
XXIV. |
XXV. |
XXVI. |
XXVII. |
XXVIII. |
XXIX. |
XXX. |
XXXI. |
XXXII. |
XXXIII. |
XXXIV. |
XXXV. |
XXXVI. |
XXXVII. |
XXXVIII. |
XXXIX. |
XL. |
XLI. |
XLII. |
XLIII. |
XLIV. |
XLV. |
XLVI. |
XLVII. |
XLVIII. |
XLIX. |
L. |
LI. |
LII. |
LIII. |
LIV. |
LV. |
LVI. |
LVII. |
LVIII. |
LIX. |
LX. |
LXI. |
LXII. |
LXIII. |
LXIV. |
LXV. |
LXVI. |
LXVII. |
LXVIII. |
II. |
I. |
II. |
III. |
IV. |
V. |
VI. |
VII. |
VIII. |
IX. |
X. |
XI. |
XII. |
XIII. |
XIV. |
XV. |
XVI. |
XVII. |
XVIII. |
XIX. |
XX. |
XXI. |
XXII. |
XXIII. |
XXIV. |
XXV. |
XXVI. |
XXVII. |
XXVIII. |
XXIX. |
XXX. |
XXXI. |
XXXII. |
XXXIII. |
XXXIV. |
XXXV. |
XXXVI. |
XXXVII. |
XXXVIII. |
XXXIX. |
XL. |
XLI. |
XLII. |
XLIII. |
XLIV. |
XLV. |
XLVI. |
XLVII. |
XLVIII. |
XLIX. |
L. |
LI. |
LII. |
LIII. |
LIV. |
LV. |
LVI. |
LVII. |
LVIII. |
LIX. |
LX. |
LXI. |
LXII. |
LXIII. |
LXIV. |
LXV. |
LXVI. |
LXVII. |
LXVIII. |
III. |
I. |
II. |
III. |
IV. |
V. |
VI. |
VII. |
VIII. |
IX. |
X. |
XI. |
XII. |
XIII. |
XIV. |
XV. |
XVI. |
XVII. |
XVIII. |
XIX. |
XX. |
XXI. |
XXII. |
XXIII. |
XXIV. |
XXV. |
XXVI. |
XXVII. |
XXVIII. |
XXIX. |
XXX. |
XXXI. |
XXXII. |
XXXIII. |
XXXIV. |
XXXV. |
XXXVI. |
XXXVII. |
XXXV. |
XXXIX. |
XL. |
XLI. |
XLII. |
XLIII. |
XLIV. |
XLV. |
XLVI. |
XLVII. |
XLVIII. |
XLIX. |
L. |
LI. |
LII. |
LIII. |
LIV. |
LV. |
LVI. |
LVII. |
LVIII. |
IV. |
I. |
II. |
III. |
IV. |
V. |
VI. |
VII. |
VIII. |
IX. |
X. |
XI. |
XII. |
XIII. |
XIV. |
XV. |
XVI. |
XVII. |
XVIII. |
XIX. |
XX. |
XXI. |
XXII. |
XXIII. |
XXIV. |
XXV. |
XXVI. |
XXVII. |
XXVIII. |
XXIX. |
XXX. |
XXXI. |
Truth in Fiction | ||
Two Men, unlike in Mind, and Body too,
With vile Intentions, at Jove's Altar sue:
One, of large Bulk, whose more extended Mind
(Within no reasonable Bounds confin'd)
Did on the sordid Wretch, for Gain, prevail
To set his mercenary Life to Sale.
The other, Meagre-look'd, and Narrow-soul'd,
Who did all Pleasure with Regret behold;
And with the gnawing Pain uneasie grown,
Malign'd his Neighbour's Blessings, and his own.
With vile Intentions, at Jove's Altar sue:
One, of large Bulk, whose more extended Mind
(Within no reasonable Bounds confin'd)
Did on the sordid Wretch, for Gain, prevail
To set his mercenary Life to Sale.
The other, Meagre-look'd, and Narrow-soul'd,
Who did all Pleasure with Regret behold;
And with the gnawing Pain uneasie grown,
Malign'd his Neighbour's Blessings, and his own.
197
Jove (to avoid their execrable Pray'r)
Referr'd the Vot'ries to Apollo's Care:
Who let them know, That what they each did want,
He wou'd, with this Proviso, freely grant;
That whatsoever Boon the one did crave,
The other shou'd in double Measure have.
Referr'd the Vot'ries to Apollo's Care:
Who let them know, That what they each did want,
He wou'd, with this Proviso, freely grant;
That whatsoever Boon the one did crave,
The other shou'd in double Measure have.
The greedy Worldling long demurr'd, to find
Demands conform'd to his insatiate Mind;
At last, a most prodigious Sum did name,
Obtain'd it, and his Fellow twice the same.
But he, whose peevish, fretful Soul repin'd,
That Heav'n had to his Neighbour been so kind;
To do the envy'd Wretch a double Spight,
Desir'd one Eye might be depriv'd of Sight.
The God (engag'd, what he desir'd, to do)
Put out his one Eye, and his Fellows two:
And he with Joy perceiv'd its Opticks gone,
Since he with t'other saw his Mate had none.
Demands conform'd to his insatiate Mind;
At last, a most prodigious Sum did name,
Obtain'd it, and his Fellow twice the same.
But he, whose peevish, fretful Soul repin'd,
That Heav'n had to his Neighbour been so kind;
To do the envy'd Wretch a double Spight,
Desir'd one Eye might be depriv'd of Sight.
The God (engag'd, what he desir'd, to do)
Put out his one Eye, and his Fellows two:
And he with Joy perceiv'd its Opticks gone,
Since he with t'other saw his Mate had none.
Truth in Fiction | ||