. Fables. ion to the F.\ b l e s. Wc from the wordy torrent riy : Who to the chattring pvc ? Nor would I with klonious lliglit By fleiiltli invade niv neiL^hbours right ; Rapacious animals we hate: Kites, hawks and wolves deferve tlieir fate. Do not we jul\ abhorrence hnd Again(i the toad and fcrpcnt kind ? But envy, calumny and fpite Bear Wronger vcnoni in their bite. Thus evr) object of creation Can furnilh hints to contcmnlation, And from the mofl minute and mean A virtuous mind can morals glean. Thy flime is juft, the Sage replies,Thv virtue proves thee truly wife ;Pride often guid
. Fables. ion to the F.\ b l e s. Wc from the wordy torrent riy : Who to the chattring pvc ? Nor would I with klonious lliglit By fleiiltli invade niv neiL^hbours right ; Rapacious animals we hate: Kites, hawks and wolves deferve tlieir fate. Do not we jul\ abhorrence hnd Again(i the toad and fcrpcnt kind ? But envy, calumny and fpite Bear Wronger vcnoni in their bite. Thus evr) object of creation Can furnilh hints to contcmnlation, And from the mofl minute and mean A virtuous mind can morals glean. Thy flime is juft, the Sage replies,Thv virtue proves thee truly wife ;Pride often guides the authors pen, .Books as artedcd are as men, B ^ But httroduEiion to theVk& z. But he who ftudics natures laws,From certain truths his maxims draws,And thofe without our fchools, fufEceTo make men moral, good and wife. J^XX.^ T 0 TO HIS H I G II X E S S William, Duke r/Cumberland,. FA B L E ^rLioN, the TiCLR, and the Travf. llkr. A CCEPT, young Princi., the moral lav,And in thcfc talcs niankiiul luivcy iWith early virtues plant your hrcart,Tlic ipccious art of vice ilctcll. 13 4 Trinccs, a FABL?:S. Princes, like Beauties, from their youthAre Grangers to the voice of truth :Learn to contemn all praife betimes 5For flatterys the nurfe of crimes;Friendfhip by fweet reproof is fhown,(A virtue never near a throne j)In courts fuch freedom muft none prefumes to be a friend^To thofe of your exalted flationEach courtier is a dedication jMuft I too flatter like the reft. And turn my meals to a jeft ? The mufe difdains to fteal from thofe. Who thrive in courts by fulfome ftiall I hide your real praife, Or tell you what a nation fays ? They in your infant bofom trace The virtues of your Royal race. In F ^ B L E S. In the fair dawning of your mindDillcrn you gcnrous, mild and kind,Tluv fee you grieve to liear dillrcb,/ pant already to on
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