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 XXX. The Boor and Snake:
Or, Charity misplaced.
A careful Boor, in tracing o'er his Ground,
One Winter's Morn, a Snake half-frozen found:
In pity, Home he the numb'd Reptile brought,
And all kind Means for its Recov'ry sought.
Warm'd at the Fire, it quickly did revive,
And gave too certain Proofs it was alive:
Its Venom was recruited with its Breath,
And now it hiss'd aloud, and threat'ned Death.
The Children, frighted at its dreadful Sting,
Made all the House with dismal Out-cries ring.
Their Father heard, and hast'ning to their Aid,
With due Correction did his Guest upbraid;
Demanding thus, (with now and then a Stroke)
Ungrateful Creature! What cou'd this provoke?
Or is thy Life a Favour plac'd so ill,
That thus thou wou'dst thy kind Preserver kill?
One Winter's Morn, a Snake half-frozen found:
In pity, Home he the numb'd Reptile brought,
And all kind Means for its Recov'ry sought.
Warm'd at the Fire, it quickly did revive,
And gave too certain Proofs it was alive:
Its Venom was recruited with its Breath,
And now it hiss'd aloud, and threat'ned Death.
The Children, frighted at its dreadful Sting,
Made all the House with dismal Out-cries ring.
Their Father heard, and hast'ning to their Aid,
With due Correction did his Guest upbraid;
Demanding thus, (with now and then a Stroke)
Ungrateful Creature! What cou'd this provoke?
Or is thy Life a Favour plac'd so ill,
That thus thou wou'dst thy kind Preserver kill?
The MORAL.
‘Thus we Oblige Ill-natur'd Men in vain;‘For no Devoir can their due Thanks obtain:
‘The Favours we misplace, they still pervert
‘To hurt us, and account it our Desert.
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‘For giving them the Pow'r to be Ingrate.
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