Moral and political fables, ancient and modern done into measured prose intermixed with ryme by Dr. Walter Pope.

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Title: Moral and political fables, ancient and modern done into measured prose intermixed with ryme by Dr. Walter Pope.
Author: Pope, Walter, d. 1714.
Publication: London :: Printed for Thomas Horne ...,; 1698.
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Subject terms: Fables.
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FABLE I. The Fox changing his Prayers.

THrô a Walls narrow Cleft a Fox Espied
Much Poultry feeding in a Farmers Yard,
Fearing it might his Enterance retard,
He desir'd Iupiter to make it wide.
Being got in and having seizd a Hen,
As he was carrying it, with joy, to's Den,
He saw a Dog at's heels, and O Iove cryd,
Make the Hole narrower, it is now too wide.

The MORAL.

Mens Wishes alter with their Interest.