Aesop's fables (1687) :: :: University of Virginia Library

Philipot, Thomas

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FAB. XVII. The City Mouse and Country Mouse.

The City Mouse invites her Country Guest,
To tast the dainlyes of a Citty feast,
But oft disturbd by interupted noys,
They hide, and fear his appetite destroys.

Morall

The great the Hurry of the world indure,
And tis the country life alone's secure.