Moral and political fables ancient and modern. Done into Measurd Prose intermixd with Ryme. By Dr. Walter Pope |
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Fable I. The Fox changing his Prayers.
Thrô a Walls narrow Cleft a Fox Espied
Much Poultry feeding in a Farmers Yard,
Fearing it might his Enterance retard,
He desir'd Jupiter to make it wide.
Being got in and having seizd a Hen,
As he was carrying it, with joy, to's Den,
He saw a Dog at's heels, and O Jove cryd,
Make the Hole narrower, it is now too wide.
Much Poultry feeding in a Farmers Yard,
Fearing it might his Enterance retard,
He desir'd Jupiter to make it wide.
Being got in and having seizd a Hen,
As he was carrying it, with joy, to's Den,
He saw a Dog at's heels, and O Jove cryd,
Make the Hole narrower, it is now too wide.
The Moral.
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