Moral and political fables ancient and modern. Done into Measurd Prose intermixd with Ryme. By Dr. Walter Pope |
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Fab. XVIII. The Foxes. |
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Fab. XVIII. The Foxes.
A Fox was by the Tail caught in a Snare,
And to get loose no other means could find
Than this, to bite it off, and leave't behind;
And so he did, without further delay,
Not daring remain there till break of day.
Having escapd this Danger, home he went,
But being ashamd to appear before his Friends
In that undecent Garb, he laid a Plot
To make the rest o'th' Foxes quit their Tails:
And on a day, when the Chief Foxes met.
To make good Laws, and Grievances redress,
He made a set Harangue against Long Trains:
He said, they were a heavy, useless Load,
For nothing good, unless to sweep the Road.
To gather dirt, and filth, and tire the wearer:
And would have gone on farther, when a Fox
Replyd, Dear Brother when you had that Tail,
That odious Tail, which you declaim against,
Why did you not propose this Useful Law?
And to get loose no other means could find
Than this, to bite it off, and leave't behind;
And so he did, without further delay,
Not daring remain there till break of day.
Having escapd this Danger, home he went,
But being ashamd to appear before his Friends
In that undecent Garb, he laid a Plot
To make the rest o'th' Foxes quit their Tails:
And on a day, when the Chief Foxes met.
To make good Laws, and Grievances redress,
He made a set Harangue against Long Trains:
He said, they were a heavy, useless Load,
For nothing good, unless to sweep the Road.
To gather dirt, and filth, and tire the wearer:
And would have gone on farther, when a Fox
Replyd, Dear Brother when you had that Tail,
That odious Tail, which you declaim against,
Why did you not propose this Useful Law?
The Moral.
To serve the Commonwealth many pretend,When private Interest is their chiefest End.
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