. Fables. :(lbc haunts him more and more,I Sets want and mifcn,- in view, Bold thieves and aJl the murdring crew,Alarms him wilh eternal frights,Infeftk his dream, or wakes his nights. How 120 FABLES. How Ihall he chafe this hideous gueft?Powr may perhaps proted: his reft;To powr he rofe. Again the fprightBefets him morning, noon and of amhitions tottring feat,How envy perfecutes the rival hate, of treachrous friendsjAnd what difgrace his fall attends. The court he quits to fly from Care,And feeks the peace of rural Air;His groves, his fields amusd his hours,He prund his t

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. Fables. :(lbc haunts him more and more,I Sets want and mifcn,- in view, Bold thieves and aJl the murdring crew,Alarms him wilh eternal frights,Infeftk his dream, or wakes his nights. How 120 FABLES. How Ihall he chafe this hideous gueft?Powr may perhaps proted: his reft;To powr he rofe. Again the fprightBefets him morning, noon and of amhitions tottring feat,How envy perfecutes the rival hate, of treachrous friendsjAnd what difgrace his fall attends. The court he quits to fly from Care,And feeks the peace of rural Air;His groves, his fields amusd his hours,He prund his trees, he raisd his flowers;But Care again his fteps him of blafts, of blighting plundring infedls, fnails aad rains,And droughts that ftarve the labourd , at home, the fpedres there:In vain we feek to fly from Care. At FABLES. 121 At lcnL;th he thus the ghull thou mull: be my coniLint gucft,Be kind, and follow me no more,Fur Care In- ri^ht lliOuld go TABLE r-\ J 1

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