Moral and political fables ancient and modern. Done into Measurd Prose intermixd with Ryme. By Dr. Walter Pope |
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Moral and political fables | ||
Fab. XX. The Ass and Image.
The Passengers, upon their bended knees,
Ador'd the Image of a Heathen God,
Born by an Ass, this puft him up with Pride,
And made him think this Honour done to him,
Stubborn and Restive instantly he grows,
And would no farther carry his RARE CHOSE
The Driver gave him many a Bastonade,
And by those, forcd to obey the unwilling Jade.
And as he passd thro' the Adoring throng,
He cryd aloud, that all of them might hear,
Thou art an Ass, though thou a God dost bear.
Ador'd the Image of a Heathen God,
Born by an Ass, this puft him up with Pride,
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Stubborn and Restive instantly he grows,
And would no farther carry his RARE CHOSE
The Driver gave him many a Bastonade,
And by those, forcd to obey the unwilling Jade.
And as he passd thro' the Adoring throng,
He cryd aloud, that all of them might hear,
Thou art an Ass, though thou a God dost bear.
The Moral.
Let Magistrates consider they're but Men. Moral and political fables | ||