Moral and political fables, ancient and modern done into measured prose intermixed with ryme by Dr. Walter Pope.
Pope, Walter, d. 1714.
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FAB LIV. The Old Man and Death.
A Poor Old Man, carrying a heavy Load,
Ready to faint for want of strength and breath,
Threw his Pack down, and calld aloud for Death,
To whom when Death appeard in's ghastly shape,
The terrified Old Man cryd out, Good Sir,
Pray help me lift this Burthen to my Back.
The MORAL.
Those who desire Death, fear it when it comes.
