 | Aesop's fables (1687) |  |
37
FAB. XVIII. The Swallow and other Birds.
The Swallow saw pernicious Hempseed sowne,And vow'd to spoyle the Tillage of the Clowne,
The Birds are summond, but they being slow
Permite that weed that ruins 'em to grow.
Morall
They that neglect the Councell of the wise,Suffer small faults to grow past remedies.
| Aesop's fables (1687) | |