. Fables. FABLE F A D L E S. :)>. vjtwr F ABLE Owl jfJ the Fa r m k \ of grave deport and mien,•^ ^ Who (like the Turk) was leldom kcii,Witliin 1 had thole hii ftsition,As fit for prey and tonlcmpUtion; M Upon 156 FABLES. Upon a beam aloft he fits, And nods, and feems to think, by fits. So have I feen a man of news Or Pojlboy, or Gazette perufe, Smoke, nod, and talk with voice profound. And fix the fate of Europe round. Sheaves pild on flieaves hid all the floor: At dawn of morn to view his ftore The Farmer came. The hooting gueft His felf-importance thus exprefl. Re
. Fables. FABLE F A D L E S. :)>. vjtwr F ABLE Owl jfJ the Fa r m k \ of grave deport and mien,•^ ^ Who (like the Turk) was leldom kcii,Witliin 1 had thole hii ftsition,As fit for prey and tonlcmpUtion; M Upon 156 FABLES. Upon a beam aloft he fits, And nods, and feems to think, by fits. So have I feen a man of news Or Pojlboy, or Gazette perufe, Smoke, nod, and talk with voice profound. And fix the fate of Europe round. Sheaves pild on flieaves hid all the floor: At dawn of morn to view his ftore The Farmer came. The hooting gueft His felf-importance thus exprefl. Reafon in man is mere pretence:How weak, how fhallow is his fenfe ! To treat with fcorn the bird of night. Declares his folly or his fpite ; Then too, how partial is his praife ! The larks, the linnets chirping lays To his ill-judging ears are fine; And nightingales are all divine. FABLES. 1:7 Iat the more knowing Icathcrd ^cc vvilUoni rtnnipt upon my fjcc»Wheneer to viht hght I deign,What docks of fowl compolc m
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