. Fables. ;And, in this ticklifli fituation,A fecret told betrays the , on my honour, all th vail, was for the (warms defence. Again, without examination,They thankd his fage adminiftration. The year revolves. The treafure, , in fecret fervice honour too again was pledgdTo fatisfy the charge alledgd. When thus, with panic fliame poilcfl,An auditor his friends addrefl. What are we ? minifterial tools.,We little knaves are greater laft this fecret is explord:Tis our corruption thins the hoard. ryi B L R s. 229 For cvry grain wc touchd, at Ica
. Fables. ;And, in this ticklifli fituation,A fecret told betrays the , on my honour, all th vail, was for the (warms defence. Again, without examination,They thankd his fage adminiftration. The year revolves. The treafure, , in fecret fervice honour too again was pledgdTo fatisfy the charge alledgd. When thus, with panic fliame poilcfl,An auditor his friends addrefl. What are we ? minifterial tools.,We little knaves are greater laft this fecret is explord:Tis our corruption thins the hoard. ryi B L R s. 229 For cvry grain wc touchd, at IcaftA thoiinind hib own heaps , tor his kin and favVite fpies,A hundred hardly couKl , for a paultry fncaking bribe,We cheat ourfelves and all the tiibe ;i<tr all the inaga/ine containsGrows from our annual toil and pains. They vote th account iIkiU be inlpecled jThe cunning plundVcr is detected :The fraud is fentcncd, and his hoard,As due, to public ule rellord. R 2 FABLE FABLES. irrafeun: uir FABLE Bear in a a Coxcomb. I ^HAT man muft daily wifer grow, Whofe fearch is bent himfelf to know :Impartially he weighs his fcope,And on firm reafon founds his hope j He FABLES, 2;i J He tries his ftrcngth before the race,And never fceks his own difgrace;He knows the compafs, fail, and oar,Or never launches from the Hiore;Before he builds computes the coft,And in no proud purfuit is loft:He learns the bounds of human {i:w(cyAnd fafely walks within the fence :Thus, confcious of his own defed,Are pride and fclf-impjrtance then felf-knowlcdge to purfuc, Diredl our life in evry view, Of all the fools that pride can boafl, A coxcomb claims difUnelion arc of all ranks and kind, They re not to fex or age confind, Or rich, or p<x)r, or great, or fmall; And vanity bcfots cm all. R 3 By 232 FABLES. By ignorance is pride incrcasd;Thofc mofl adiinic who know the leaftjTheir own falfc balance gives em evry other finds em l
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