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FABLE VIII .
A Nonpareil, an Apple Tree ,A Commoner, haughty and proud ,
And a Pome-granate, a Grandee ,
One day disputed hard and loud:
I am the Favourite of the nation,
The Apple said, that's a plain case;
I know your rank and occupation,
And laugh'd in the Pomegranate's face;
My merit's known to all mankind,
I never courted your choice spirits;
Your noble virtues are confin'd,
Few people know your latent merits;
Nor know your Virtues, like the Beaver's,
Lie in your seminal Receivers.
A Bramble , sneaking like a rogue,
Out of a hedge, and out of sight;
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Be Freends, and let us aw Unite.
When the Great quarrel, the small Fry,
Stir, and affect important vigour;
Then Æsop says, the Ciphers try,
But never can make any figure.
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