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FLORIAN'S FABLES.
FABLE X.
THE CHILD AND THE LOOKING-GLASS.
Once on a time it came to pass,
A child by a poor woman rais'd,
First saw at home a looking-glass,
In which it often fondly gazed.
At length, by a mere child's caprice,
But which the grown man often shows,
Its raptures for the mirror cease,
At which it ugly glances throws.
