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FLORIAN'S FABLES.
FABLE XXVII.
THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE OWL.
Wrong'd, persecuted, and proscrib'd,
In foreign lands compell'd to hide,
For calling things by their right name,
A sage took with him all his wealth—
(His wisdom)—which he kept by stealth,
And to a friendly forest came.
