. Fables. t. A village cur, of fnappifli perteft puppy of the place,Imagind that his treble throatWas bleft with mufics fweetefl note jIn the mid road he bafking lay,The yelping nufance of the way;For not a creature paft alongBut had a fample of his fong. Soon as the trotting fteed he hears,He ftarts, he cocks his dapper ears. Away FABLES. 177 \way lie IcowcTs, aiiaults hii hoof,\o\v near hlni iharls, now barks aloof iWitli ihrill impertinence attends,Nor leaves iiim till the village cads. It chancd, upon his evil dav,\ Pad came pacing down the way;rhe Ciir, with nevcr-ccaling tongue,
. Fables. t. A village cur, of fnappifli perteft puppy of the place,Imagind that his treble throatWas bleft with mufics fweetefl note jIn the mid road he bafking lay,The yelping nufance of the way;For not a creature paft alongBut had a fample of his fong. Soon as the trotting fteed he hears,He ftarts, he cocks his dapper ears. Away FABLES. 177 \way lie IcowcTs, aiiaults hii hoof,\o\v near hlni iharls, now barks aloof iWitli ihrill impertinence attends,Nor leaves iiim till the village cads. It chancd, upon his evil dav,\ Pad came pacing down the way;rhe Ciir, with nevcr-ccaling tongue,Ipon the palhng travler fprung,The horfe, from fcorn provokd to ire,Flung ; nulling in the mire,The puppy howld, and bleeding lav ;The Pad in peace purfud hiti way. A Hiepherds Dog who faw the deed,Oetelling llie vexatious breed,Hefpoke him thus. When Coxcombs prate,They kindle wrath, contempt, or tcazing tongue liad judgment tyd,Thou hadll net, like a puppy, dyd. N 4 PA B L K 178 (/I (/uchtJlal D FABLE Court of D e a t h. E AT Ii, on a folemn night of ilatCjIn all Ills pomp of terrors fate : Thattendants of his gloomy reign,Difeafes dire, a ghaflly train, Croud F /IDLE S. 179 Croud the vail cuuit. Willi hollow toneA voice thub thuiulcril fn)in the throne. This iwi;ht our iniuilUr wc ,I r cvVy llrvanl \u^ elaiin ;Merit heir thi>> !.All, at the worvi, lUctviiM forth iluir iuiul. l\vcr, witii huruiiig heat polled,AilvancJ, and fcr thj waiul aJdreiL I to the weelvly bills appeal,Let thole exprefs my fervent zeal,On cvry llight occafion near,Witli violence I perlevcre. Next (iDUt apjKars wiJi ri;n})in^ pace,1 ati-, how he ihifts from place to place,1 lom head to loot how fwift he flv<:.And cvry joint and linew plvs,Still working when he fcems fupprcll,A moll tcnacioiu lluhborn cuelL iSo FABLES. A hagard Ipedre from the crewCrawls forth, and thus aflerts his I who taint the fweetcfl joy,And in the
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