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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| XLVI. | FABLE XLVI. The Country Fidler: |
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FABLE XLVI. The Country Fidler:
Or, Unseen, Unknown.
A Country
Scraper, who at Weddings play'd,
And was, beyond his Merit, prais'd and paid;
Proud of his Parts, wou'd needs himself prefer
To grace the Consort at the Theater:
But there (when he a Tune or two had play'd)
His Impudence, and want of Skill betray'd:
And the affronted Audience, in a Rage,
Hiss'd the pretending Blockhead off the Stage.
And was, beyond his Merit, prais'd and paid;
Proud of his Parts, wou'd needs himself prefer
To grace the Consort at the Theater:
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His Impudence, and want of Skill betray'd:
And the affronted Audience, in a Rage,
Hiss'd the pretending Blockhead off the Stage.
The MORAL.
‘So some grave Doctors, who in Schools dispute,‘And, in conceit, ev'n Bellarmine confute;
‘When they in Paul's or Westminster appear,
‘Make but a dull and awkward Figure there.
‘Learning, without brisk Parts to set it forth,
‘Like hidden Treasure, is but little worth:
‘And the rich Soil, while it conceals the Gold,
‘Is in no more esteem than common Mould.
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