 | Aesop's fables (1687) |  |
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FAB. XXIX. The Dog and Ox.
An Envious Dog in a full manger lay,Nor eats himselfe, nor to the Ox gives way,
Who griev'd reply'd—ah grudge not me that meat,
Which (cruell) thou thy selfe disdainst to eate.
Morall
Thus aged Lovers with young Beautys live,Keepe off those joys they want the power to give.
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