Moral and political fables ancient and modern. Done into Measurd Prose intermixd with Ryme. By Dr. Walter Pope |
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Fab. XLIII. The Hart and Uine.
A Hunted Hart, flying before the Dogs,
Got to a Vineyard, and lay there conceald,
Until the Huntsmen gave him o'er for lost,
And were returning Melancholy home.
Thinking himself secure, he fell to brouze,
And of their verdant Livery strip the Boughs,
So was he by the Huntsmen seen, and shot.
Before he dyed, I could expect no less,
He said, to himself, for making such return,
To th' Vine, who harbourd me in my distress.
Got to a Vineyard, and lay there conceald,
Until the Huntsmen gave him o'er for lost,
And were returning Melancholy home.
Thinking himself secure, he fell to brouze,
And of their verdant Livery strip the Boughs,
So was he by the Huntsmen seen, and shot.
Before he dyed, I could expect no less,
He said, to himself, for making such return,
To th' Vine, who harbourd me in my distress.
The Moral.
So great's the Crime, 'tis a delight to seeUngrateful Persons suffer Misery.
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