. Fables. F A B L El F A B L E S,. FABLE XLV,The Poet arj :lv IIATI: tlic iniu wlij IniiMi lii> On ruin, ut anothers fame,riuis prikies hy charasltcrs that ihcy ralic their own: N Thus 172 FABLES. Thus fcriblers, covetous of praife,Think llander can tranfplant the and bards have equal both all rivals are praifes Lejhia\ eyes and feature,Muft call her fifler, aukv^^ard creature 5For the kind flattrys fure to charm,When we fome other nymph difarm. As in the cool of early dayA Poet fought the fweets of Ma)\The gardens fragra
. Fables. F A B L El F A B L E S,. FABLE XLV,The Poet arj :lv IIATI: tlic iniu wlij IniiMi lii> On ruin, ut anothers fame,riuis prikies hy charasltcrs that ihcy ralic their own: N Thus 172 FABLES. Thus fcriblers, covetous of praife,Think llander can tranfplant the and bards have equal both all rivals are praifes Lejhia\ eyes and feature,Muft call her fifler, aukv^^ard creature 5For the kind flattrys fure to charm,When we fome other nymph difarm. As in the cool of early dayA Poet fought the fweets of Ma)\The gardens fragrant breath afcends,And evry ftalk with odour rofe he pluckd, he gazd, finging as the Mufe Infpird. Go, Rofe, my Chloes bofom grace ;How happy {liould I prove, Might I F A n L E S. ,-3 Might I fiipply that cn\yd place Wiih ncvcr-lading love ITIjcrc, rha-nix like, her cvc,Involvd ill iVai^rancc, burn 2nd die ! Know, haplefb fluwcr, thou (lialt flncl More fragrant r(;res tliere ;I lie thy withring he
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