The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop ... To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author By the Rev. Thomas Clare |
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EPIGRAM CCLXXXVI.
[Fierce foe to the fly by an instinct inbred]
ESTO PERPETUA.
Fierce foe to the fly by an instinct inbred,
The spider ne'er stirs from his traps, and his thread:
Tho' his cunning may miss, or his web be broke thro',
He again mends the mesh; and again lies perdue;
All alert in his hole; all insidious abroad;
Still patient in labour; still pregnant in fraud:
Disappointment in vain his manœuvres retards,
Who, to play his own game, can thus make his own cards.
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