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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| XXVI. | FABLE XXVI. The Horse and Stag:
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FABLE XXVI. The Horse and Stag:
Or, Liberty resign'd.
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Horse and Stag a desp'rate Combat fought;
The Horse, o'er-pow'r'd, a Man's Assistance sought:
Thus reinforc'd, again he took the Field,
And soon the Vanquish'd made the Victor yield;
But found small Pleasure from his Conquest grow,
By his Ally worse us'd, than by his Foe:
He was compell'd for ever to submit
To a rank Rider, and a servile Bit.
The Horse, o'er-pow'r'd, a Man's Assistance sought:
Thus reinforc'd, again he took the Field,
And soon the Vanquish'd made the Victor yield;
But found small Pleasure from his Conquest grow,
By his Ally worse us'd, than by his Foe:
He was compell'd for ever to submit
To a rank Rider, and a servile Bit.
The MORAL.
‘Thus he, who wou'd afflicting Want avoid,‘By more oppressive Plenty is destroy'd;
‘And while, with eager Haste, he Wealth pursues,
‘Is made a Slave to what he dares not use:
‘But do's too dearly the Enjoyment buy,
‘For which he must resign his Liberty.
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