The Works of John Hall-Stevenson ... Corrected and Enlarged. With Several Original Poems, Now First Printed, and Explanatory Notes. In Three Volumes |
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FABLE VI.
Crossing a river swift and wide,A Horse, with an indignant eye,
Beheld a foolish piece of pride,
A piece of dung come prancing by.
Behold, said he, that compost vile,
The filthy stuff,
That was behind me half a mile,
Is now before me far enough.
But why should this make a Horse sick?
Delighted with malicious jokes,
Fortune plays many a worse trick,
When she plays some of her fine strokes.
Did not she, fearless of reproach,
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My master's widow and his coach,
And kitchen-stuff, to grease the wheels?
The lucky dog, said he, and smil'd,
Has got her daughter too with child.
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