Pretty Lessons in Verse for Good Children; with Some Lessons in Latin, in Easy Rhyme. By Sara Coleridge. The Fourth Edition, with Many Cuts |
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FOOLISH INTERFERENCE.
The Caracal
see, high up in the tree,
The Lion beneath him is dining;
But, gorged with his prey, he marches away,
The relics to others resigning.
The Lion beneath him is dining;
But, gorged with his prey, he marches away,
The relics to others resigning.
The Caracal now jumps down from the bough,
For blood is to him an elixir;
The gristle he gnaws, the tail and the paws,
And every bone he doth lick, Sir.
For blood is to him an elixir;
The gristle he gnaws, the tail and the paws,
And every bone he doth lick, Sir.
A Barbary Ape gets into a scrape,
By coming a little too near him;
'Twas very unsafe the creature to chafe,
Yet thus did he venture to jeer him.
By coming a little too near him;
'Twas very unsafe the creature to chafe,
Yet thus did he venture to jeer him.
Says he, “I am sure, I ne'er could endure
To feed at the board of a patron;
And second-hand meat I never would eat,
Though hunting might cost me a great run.”
To feed at the board of a patron;
And second-hand meat I never would eat,
Though hunting might cost me a great run.”
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The Caracal stares, and frightfully glares,
Says he, “What you mention is true, Sir;
The thing you suggest shall soon be redrest,
I'll make a fresh meal upon you, Sir!”
Says he, “What you mention is true, Sir;
The thing you suggest shall soon be redrest,
I'll make a fresh meal upon you, Sir!”
With this he turns round, and soon with a bound
Is perch'd on the animal's back, Sir;
His blood he doth sup, and gobbles him up,
The Monkey pays dear for his clack, Sir.
Is perch'd on the animal's back, Sir;
His blood he doth sup, and gobbles him up,
The Monkey pays dear for his clack, Sir.
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