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 XXXIV. The Dog and Butcher:
Or, Fore-warn'd, Fore-arm'd.
A prowling
Dog, at Hunger's urgent Call,
Snatch'd a fair Purchase from a Butcher's Stall;
Then, press'd by Guilt, and apprehensive Dread,
Took to his heels, and with his Booty fled.
The Butcher, lost in the Surprize, stood mute,
No Out-cry made, nor offer'd at Pursuit:
But, gaining time for Thought, he rais'd his Voice,
And cry'd, Run Thief, and in thy Prize rejoyce:
Now thou art safe, and do'st unpunish'd go;
Another time thou shalt not serve me so.
Snatch'd a fair Purchase from a Butcher's Stall;
Then, press'd by Guilt, and apprehensive Dread,
Took to his heels, and with his Booty fled.
The Butcher, lost in the Surprize, stood mute,
No Out-cry made, nor offer'd at Pursuit:
But, gaining time for Thought, he rais'd his Voice,
And cry'd, Run Thief, and in thy Prize rejoyce:
Now thou art safe, and do'st unpunish'd go;
Another time thou shalt not serve me so.
The MORAL.
‘A Loss receiv'd, do's Men with Caution arm,‘To hinder or revenge a second harm:
‘Without their fault, they the first Wrong sustain;
‘But, for the next, shou'd on themselves complain.
‘The Stroke that's giv'en us e're we are aware,
‘Shews us our Danger, and awakes our Care:
‘Instructs us where we open lay, and how
‘To ward the Danger of another Blow.
‘Thus, from the Injuries of Foes, we learn,
‘For our own Safety, to shew more Concern.
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