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Fables in Song

By Robert Lord Lytton
Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton (1831-1891)

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VOL. I.
  
INTRODUCTORY.
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I. THE THISTLE.
  
MOTTO.
  
PRELUDE.
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PART I.
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PART II.
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PART III.
 IV. 
PART IV.
 V. 
PART V.
 VI. 
PART VI.
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II. POSSESSION.
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III. WHO'S IN THE RIGHT?
  
PRELUDE.
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PART I.
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PART II.
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IV. PREMATURITY.
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V. ANCIENTS AND MODERNS.
 VI. 
VI. A PROVISION FOR LIFE.
  
To E. L.,
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VII. THE BLUE MOUNTAINS; OR, THE FAR.
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PART I.
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3.
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PART II.
 III. 
PART III.
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PART IV.
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VIII. A WHEAT-STALK; OR, THE NEAR.
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III.
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VI.
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VII.
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IX. THE ASS AND THE WAGTAIL.
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X. THE MISANTHROPE AND THE BIRD.
 XI. 
XI. FORTUNE AND HER FOLLOWERS.
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XII. COMPOSURE.
 XIII. 
XIII. SIC ITUR.
 XIV. 
XIV. DIOGENES OR ALEXANDER?
 XV. 
XV. A LEGEND.
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XVI. THE RAINPOOL.
  
PRELUDE.
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PART I.
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PART II.
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PART III.
 IV. 
PART IV.
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XVII. CONTAGION.
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XVIII. AURORA CLAIR.
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XIX. LOST TREASURES.
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PART I.
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PART II.
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PART III.
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XX. CHASSÉ-CROISÉ.
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XXI. A PHILOSOPHER.
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PART I.
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PART II.
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XXII. ONLY A SHAVING.
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XXIII. THE LAST CRUISE OF THE ARROGANT; OR NO COMPROMISE.
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XXIV. KNOWLEDGE AND POWER.
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XXV. OPINION.
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PART I.
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PART II.
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PART III.
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XXVI. DE PROFUNDIS.
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XXVII. “GO ON, I'LL FOLLOW THEE!”
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II.
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III.
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XXVIII. THE EAGLE AND HIS COMPANIONS;
  
MONOLOGUE.
  
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VOL. II.
  
INTRODUCTORY.
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XXIX. FIAT JUSTITIA.
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CANTO THE FIRST.—THEORY.
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CANTO THE SECOND.—PRACTICE.
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CANTO THE THIRD.—EXPERIENCE.
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XXX. THE ROCK.
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XXXI. DEMOS.
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PART 1.
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PART II.
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PART III.
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XXXII. A PROMETHEUS UNBOUND.
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XXXIII. VALOUR.
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XXXIV. PAIN.
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XXXV. QUESTIONABLE CONSOLATION.
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XXXVI. FORGIVE AND FORGET.
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XXXVII. THE MOUNTAINS OF TIME.
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XXXVIII. CONSERVATION OF FORCE.
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XXXIX. HOMERIDES.
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XL. POINTS DE VUE—POINT DE VUE.
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XLI. PYRRHONISM,
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XLII. THE MOUNTAIN AND THE MARSH.
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XLIII. TELEOLOGY.
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XLIV. COGITO ERGO SUM.
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XLV. PHILOSOPHY OF THE LITTLE.
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XLVI. MASTER AT HOME.
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PART I.
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PART II.
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PART III.
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PART IV.
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XLVII. THE PLANE AND THE PENKNIFE.
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XLVIII. THE DRAG AND THE WHEEL.
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XLIX. A HAUGHTY SPIRIT BEFORE A FALL.
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PART I.
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PART II.
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PART III.
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PART IV.
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L. THE ROSE AND THE BRAMBLE.
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LI. DUCUNT VOLENTEM FATA: NOLENTEM TRAHUNT.
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LII. SUUM CUIQUE.
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LIII. THE TWO TRAVELLERS;
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LIV. AN ILL-ASSORTED COUPLE.
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LV. BETWEEN HAMMER AND ANVIL.
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LVI. HOMO HOMINI LUPUS.
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LVII. THE HORSE AND THE FLY.
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LVIII. ET CÆTERA ET CÆTERA.
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LIX. MONUMENTUM ÆRE PERENNIUS.
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LX. SANS SOUCI.
  
PROLOGUE
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PART I.
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PART II.
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PART III.
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PART IV.
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PART V.
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PART VI.
 VII. 
PART VII.

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“Pardon, my great, my honour'd friend!
To raise myself, tho' life I spend
In rising, this,” replied the Mole,
“Was the ambition of my soul.
“As thro' the patcht and flinty field
My way I work'd with patient toil,
I listen'd, modestly conceal'd,
But with a soul above the soil,
“To birds who near my native earth
Their nests have built. Thy lofty birth
They praised, and praised thy lofty spirit.
Then to myself I said, ‘By merit
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“‘And painful perseverance I,
Tho' lowly born may haply raise
My humble self (who knows?) as high
As him the world so high doth praise
“‘For being born above the world.’
The pomp of plumes in air unfurl'd,
The oarage swift of pinions wide,
To me were all such aids denied.
“But what of that? the goal's attain'd.
And I, the sturdy child of toil,
What birth denied, by toil have gain'd,
Tho' born a bondsman to the soil.
“For, to be great, the great condition
Is, I opine, a great position.
And great as thine is now mine own,
To those on whom we both look down.
“So be it mine (thine equal now)
With thee to see what eagles see,
With thee to know what eagles know,
What eagles feel to feel with thee!”
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