A Poetical Translation Of The Fables of Phaedrus With The Appendix of Gudius, And an accurate Edition of the Original on the opposite Page. To which is added, A Parsing Index For the Use of Learners. By Christopher Smart |
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FABLE III. The Ape's Head.
A Certain person, as he stood
Within the shambles buying food,
Amongst the other kitchen-fare
Beheld an Ape suspended there;
And asking how 'twou'd taste, when drest?
The butcher shook his head in jest;
“If for such prog your fancy is,
“Judge of the flavour by the phiz.”
Within the shambles buying food,
Amongst the other kitchen-fare
Beheld an Ape suspended there;
And asking how 'twou'd taste, when drest?
The butcher shook his head in jest;
“If for such prog your fancy is,
“Judge of the flavour by the phiz.”
This speech was not so true as keen,
For I in life have often seen
Good features with a wicked heart,
And plainness acting virtue's part.
For I in life have often seen
Good features with a wicked heart,
And plainness acting virtue's part.
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