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EPIGRAM CXXIV.
[When Jove and the Giants, in desperate fray]
CORRIGE SODES.
When Jove and the Giants, in desperate fray
On Olympus, were boxing it round;
Silenus's ass chanc'd to set up a bray,
And the rebels turn'd tail at the sound.
On Olympus, were boxing it round;
Silenus's ass chanc'd to set up a bray,
And the rebels turn'd tail at the sound.
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Ye, who laugh at the ass, make it henceforth a rule,
To abate of your waggery, a crumb;
For fool as he is, he can frighten a fool—
And who knows, when your own turn may come?
To abate of your waggery, a crumb;
For fool as he is, he can frighten a fool—
And who knows, when your own turn may come?
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