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 XXXIII. The Gardener and his Dog:
Or, Save a Thief, and he will cut your Throat.
A
Gard'ner's Dog, while drinking at a Well,
For want of Caution, to the bottom fell.
The Owner, troubl'd that his Dog shou'd drown,
Ran quickly to his help, and hasten'd down.
But the curs'd Cur, suspecting all that Care
Was not to free him thence, but keep him there;
Requites the Kindness with an ill Amends,
And fastens on his Legs, as he descends.
The Master, vex'd at such a base Return,
Left him to sink, and thus himself did mourn:
I justly smart, who did my Pains employ
To save a Wretch that wou'd himself destroy.
For want of Caution, to the bottom fell.
The Owner, troubl'd that his Dog shou'd drown,
Ran quickly to his help, and hasten'd down.
But the curs'd Cur, suspecting all that Care
Was not to free him thence, but keep him there;
Requites the Kindness with an ill Amends,
And fastens on his Legs, as he descends.
The Master, vex'd at such a base Return,
Left him to sink, and thus himself did mourn:
I justly smart, who did my Pains employ
To save a Wretch that wou'd himself destroy.
The MORAL.
‘Ungrateful Souls at Benefits repine,‘And injure those who their Relief design:
‘They from their own ill Meanings learn Distrust,
‘And think all others, like themselves, Unjust.
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