Moral and political fables ancient and modern. Done into Measurd Prose intermixd with Ryme. By Dr. Walter Pope |
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Fab. XXI. The Mule.
A Well-fed pamperd Mule talkt thus to himself,
I am fat, I am handsome, I am swift of foot,
My Father was a Horse with Golden Trappings.
But being forcd to run, he soon did tire,
And then confessd a dull Ass was his Sire.
I am fat, I am handsome, I am swift of foot,
My Father was a Horse with Golden Trappings.
But being forcd to run, he soon did tire,
And then confessd a dull Ass was his Sire.
The Moral.
Prosperity makes Men forget their selves,Then we know what we are, when Fortune frowns.
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