. Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern. that it outshone the starry host,And gave more light to all. Her boast was heard:Soon the wind whistled; soon the breezes stirred,And quenched its light. A man rekindled it,And said, Brief is the faint lamps boasting fit,But the starlight neer needs to be re-lit. THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE To the shy hare the tortoise smiling spoke,When he about her feet began to joke:Ill pass thee by, though fleeter than the ! said the hare, I dont believe thy but one course, and thou my speed shalt fix the prize, and wh

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. Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern. that it outshone the starry host,And gave more light to all. Her boast was heard:Soon the wind whistled; soon the breezes stirred,And quenched its light. A man rekindled it,And said, Brief is the faint lamps boasting fit,But the starlight neer needs to be re-lit. THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE To the shy hare the tortoise smiling spoke,When he about her feet began to joke:Ill pass thee by, though fleeter than the ! said the hare, I dont believe thy but one course, and thou my speed shalt fix the prize, and whither we shall go?Of the fleet-footed hare the tortoise whom he answered, Reynard shall be taskedWith this; that subtle fox, whom thou dost tortoise then (no hesitater she!)Kept jogging on, but earliest reached the post;The hare, relying on his fieetness, lostSpace, during sleep, he thought he could recoverWhen he awoke. But then the race was over;The tortoise gained her aim, and slept her sleep. From negligence doth care the vantage

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