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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FABLE XXV. The Hares and Eagles:
Or, Every one for Himself.
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Hares a Battle with the Eagles sought,
And Succours from the wary Foxes sought.
They answer'd; We wou'd scarce our selves expose,
But that we know your Courage, and your Foes.
And Succours from the wary Foxes sought.
They answer'd; We wou'd scarce our selves expose,
But that we know your Courage, and your Foes.
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The MORAL.
‘Some Men on Camps their close Attendance pay,‘And wait, like Vultures, there, in hopes of Prey:
‘For they (however Victory enclines)
‘By gainful Plunder, compass their Designs.
‘The Needy Wretch, that scarce is worth a Groat,
‘To raise himself, do's baneful War promote:
‘He ventures nothing, yet obtains his Wish;
‘As Anglers best in troubl'd Waters fish.
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