The Talking Beasts_ A Book of Fable Wisdom - Nora Archibald Smith

Thrust in his head to taste, And felt the pinching of a trap— The Oyster closed in ...

And begg'd the Dog to give him aid. The Dog budged not, but answer made, "I counsel thee, my friend, t ...

The whole variety in which My neighbour boasts himself so rich Is to his simple skin confined, Whi ...

With wonder, as he pass'd the road, Both at the creature and his load. "As if," said ...

The more I think, the more I wonder To see outraged proportion's laws, And that without the sli ...

I hold it than a thousand better." In fresh dispute they sided; And loudly were they ...

The entertainment was A truly noble one; But some unlucky cause Disturbed it when ...

Nor leave unsearch'd a single clod." The father died. The Sons in vain— Turn'd o'er the soil, and ...

"Me, sir, my parents did not educate, So poor, a hole was their entire estate. My ...

An axe of iron, steel, and wood. "That's mine," he said, in joyful mood; "With that I'll quite ...

The Eagle said. The Owl replied: "My little ones, I say with pride, For grace of form cannot be ...

He thought the kitchen hearth The safest place on earth For one so very brittle. "For thee, who ar ...

Both argued for their lives. Now, if my present purpose thrives, I'll prop ...

Some beast with horns did gore The Lion; and that sovereign dread, Resolved to ...

Not you they worship, but your pack; They praise the idols on your back, And count your ...

"Think you," said he, "your royal name To me worth caring for? Think you I ...

The Countryman and the Serpent A Countryman, as Aesop certifies, A charitable man, but not so wise, ...

Indeed to be the nimbler tripper, Her dress that day, The truth to ...

Who buildeth not, sometimes, in air, His cots, or seats, or castles fair? From kings to dairywome ...

(As I am ingeniously wilted) For pulling things out of the flame, Would stand but a ...