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

Philipot, Thomas

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FAB. XXXV. The Kite, Frog, and Mouse.

The Frog and Mouse themselves to armes betake,
To fight for the Dominion of the Lake,
But while in field the boasting Champions dare,
The Kite makes both her prey, so ends the warr

Morall

The fond aspiring youth who empire sought
By dire ambition was to ruine brought.