Moral and political fables, ancient and modern done into measured prose intermixed with ryme by Dr. Walter Pope.
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Moral and political fables, ancient and modern done into measured prose intermixed with ryme by Dr. Walter Pope.
Author
Pope, Walter, d. 1714.
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London :: Printed for Thomas Horne ...,
1698.
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Fables.
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"Moral and political fables, ancient and modern done into measured prose intermixed with ryme by Dr. Walter Pope." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A55424.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 28, 2024.
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FAB. LXXVII. Momus.
JOve, Neptune, Pallas, when the World was young▪Strove which of them should do't the greatest good,And by consent chose Momus to be Judge;Iove in his own Similitude made a Man,The God o'th' Sea a Bull, Pallas a House;This done, they sent for Momus, to pronounceWhich of their Gifts, in his Esteem, was best;But he found fault with all. First with the Man,Because there were no Windows in his Breast,Thro' which his inclinations might be seen:He said the Bulls Horns were not fitly placd,They would have been more useful on his Breast,He blamd the House, because 'twas not on Wheels,And could not from ill Neighbours be removd.
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The MORAL.
Nothing against Detraction is secure;Who dare be Vertuous, must this Plague endure.
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