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Yet when age advances,
You caſt me away,
and I to your frowns fall
an innocent prey.
anſw. a Dog.
You caſt me away,
and I to your frowns fall
an innocent prey.
anſw. a Dog.
What being's moſt deſpis’d by man,
and does him all the good he can;
Who bore the greateſt prince on earth,
that gave to righteouſneſs new birth;
Who does ſometimes o'er death prevail,
and health reſtore when doctors fail.
anſw. an Aſs.
and does him all the good he can;
Who bore the greateſt prince on earth,
that gave to righteouſneſs new birth;
Who does ſometimes o'er death prevail,
and health reſtore when doctors fail.
anſw. an Aſs.
For vigilance and courage true
I've no ſupperior, equals few;
Which makes me by th' induſtrious priz'd,
But by the indolent deſpis'd;
Bold and alert I meet the foe,
In all engagements valour ſhow;
and if he prove too proud to yield,
One falls before we quite the field.
anſw. a Cock.
I've no ſupperior, equals few;
Which makes me by th' induſtrious priz'd,
But by the indolent deſpis'd;
Bold and alert I meet the foe,
In all engagements valour ſhow;
and if he prove too proud to yield,
One falls before we quite the field.
anſw. a Cock.
My patron is wiſdom—if wiſdom you prize,
In me put your confidence, borrow my eyes,
Who into a mill ſtone can ſee full as far
as the beſt of you all by the light of a ſtar;
In ſhort had fome wiſe ones but my penetration.
It had long a go better far'd with the nation.
anſw. an Owl.
In me put your confidence, borrow my eyes,
Who into a mill ſtone can ſee full as far
as the beſt of you all by the light of a ſtar;
In ſhort had fome wiſe ones but my penetration.
It had long a go better far'd with the nation.
anſw. an Owl.
