Two demons at their pleasure share our being - The cause of Reason from her homestead fleeing; No heart but on their altars kindleth flames. If you demand their purposes and names,...
The Fable 'sop tells is nearly this: - A shepherd from his flock began to miss, And long'd to catch the stealer of, his sheep. Before a cavern, dark and deep, Where wolves retired by day to sleep,...
Of fables judge not by their face; They give the simplest brute a teacher's place. Bare precepts were inert and tedious things; The story gives them life and wings....
A shepherd, neighbour to the sea, Lived with his flock contentedly. His fortune, though but small, Was safe within his call. At last some stranded kegs of gold...
EXAMPLE often proves of sov'reign use; At other times it cherishes abuse; 'Tis not my purpose, howsoe'er, to tell Which of the two I fancy to excel. Some will conceive the Abbess acted right,...
Sick in his den, we understand, The king of beasts sent out command That of his vassals every sort Should send some deputies to court - With promise well to treat Each deputy and suite;...
A stag, where stags abounded, Fell sick, and was surrounded Forthwith by comrades kind, All pressing to assist, Or see, their friend, at least, And ease his anxious mind -...
I LATELY vowed to leave the nuns alone, So oft their freaks have in my page been shown. The subject may at length fatigue the mind; My Muse the veil howe'er is still inclined,...
'O Jupiter, whose fruitful brain, By odd obstetrics freed from pain, Bore Pallas,[2] erst my mortal foe,[3] Pray listen to my tale of woe. This Progne[4] takes my lawful prey....
A stag, by favour of a vine, Which grew where suns most genial shine, And form'd a thick and matted bower Which might have turn'd a summer shower, Was saved from ruinous assault....
Beside a placid, crystal flood, A stag admired the branching wood That high upon his forehead stood, But gave his Maker little thanks For what he call'd his spindle shanks....
Rejoicing on their tyrant's wedding-day, The people drown'd their care in drink; While from the general joy did Aesop shrink, And show'd its folly in this way....
By voyages in air, With constant thought and care, Much knowledge had a swallow gain'd, Which she for public use retain'd, The slightest storms she well foreknew, And told the sailors ere they blew....
The pleasures of a poultry yard Were by a swan and gosling shared. The swan was kept there for his looks, The thrifty gosling for the cooks; The first the garden's pride, the latter...
Two thieves, pursuing their profession, Had of a donkey got possession, Whereon a strife arose, Which went from words to blows. The question was, to sell, or not to sell;...
AS o'er their wine one day, three gossips sat, Discoursing various pranks in pleasant chat, Each had a loving friend, and two of these Most clearly managed matters at their ease. ...
With mighty rush and roar, Adown a mountain steep A torrent tumbled, - swelling o'er Its rugged banks, - and bore Vast ruin in its sweep. The traveller were surely rash...
A light-brain'd tortoise, anciently, Tired of her hole, the world would see. Prone are all such, self-banish'd, to roam - Prone are all cripples to abhor their home....
A man whose credit fail'd, and what was worse, Who lodged the devil in his purse, - That is to say, lodged nothing there, - By self-suspension in the air Concluded his accounts to square,...
THE change of food enjoyment is to man; In this, t'include the woman is my plan. I cannot guess why Rome will not allow Exchange in wedlock, and its leave avow; Not ev'ry time such wishes might arise,...