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 XLIII. The Peacock and Crane:
Or, Fine Feathers make fine Birds.
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Peacock, in his gaudy Feathers, vain,
Upbraids, with her more homely Dress, a Crane.
The Crane replies; Your Plumes, 'tis true, are fine,
But not so useful, haughty Sir, as mine:
With them you only o'er low Houses fly,
While my strong Pinions bear me to the Sky.
Upbraids, with her more homely Dress, a Crane.
The Crane replies; Your Plumes, 'tis true, are fine,
But not so useful, haughty Sir, as mine:
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While my strong Pinions bear me to the Sky.
The MORAL.
‘Boast not your own, nor others Worth despise;‘The Rate of Things in their Advantage lies:
‘And they who want what you esteem too well,
‘In some more rare Perfection may excell.
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