Aesop's fables (1687) :: :: University of Virginia Library

Philipot, Thomas

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FAB. XXVII. The Lion and Fox.

When first the Fox the forest monarch saw,
He gaz'd with trembling feare & reverend awe,
But by degrees more boldly he adrest,
Than holds a Parly with the Royall Beast.

Morall

Vertues seem rigid to the wild and loose,
But grow familiar by their constant use.