Moral and political fables ancient and modern. Done into Measurd Prose intermixd with Ryme. By Dr. Walter Pope |
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Fab. LII. The Mad Lion and Goat.
A Goat, seeing a Lion raving Mad,
Running about, and roaring, said to himself,
If a wise King can hardly be endurd,
How sad is the Condition of us Beasts,
Who must live under Power with Madness joynd?
Running about, and roaring, said to himself,
If a wise King can hardly be endurd,
How sad is the Condition of us Beasts,
Who must live under Power with Madness joynd?
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