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But if twenty for accidents should be detach'd,
It will leave me just sixty sound eggs to hatch'd.
"Well, sixty sound eggs--no; sound chickens, I mean;
Of these some may die--we'll suppose seventeen--
Seventeen!--not so many--say ten at the most,
Which will leave fifty chickens to boil or to roast.
"But then there's their barley; how much will they need?
Why they take but one grain at a time when they feed,
So that's a mere trifle; now then let us see,
At a fair market price, how much money there'll be?
"Six shillings a pair--five--four--three-and-six,
To prevent all mistakes, that low price I will fix;
Now what will that make? fifty chickens, I said,
Fifty times three-and-sixpence--_I'll ask brother Ned_.
"Oh! but stop--three-and-sixpence a _pair_ I must sell 'em; Well, a pair is a couple--now then let us tell 'em;
A couple in fifty will go--(my poor brain!)
Why just a score times, and five pair will remain.
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Title: Aesop, in Rhyme
Old Friends in a New Dress
Author: Marmaduke Park
Release Date: April 19, 2007 [EBook #21189]
Language: English
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THE HERDSMAN 8
THE BOYS AND THE FROGS 11
THE COCK AND THE JEWEL 13
THE MAN AND THE LION 15
THE FOX AND THE CRANE 18
THE TRAVELLER AND THE SATYR 22
THE TRAVELLERS AND THE PURSE 25
THE MOUTH AND THE LIMBS 27
THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE 31
THE MILKMAID 34
THE LARK AND HER YOUNG ONES 39
THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE ACORN 43
THE WOLF AND THE CRANE 45
THE DOG AND THE SHADOW 48
THE TRAVELLERS AND THE BEAR 50
THE FROGS AND THE BULL 52
THE COUNCIL OF MICE 54
THE WOLF AND THE LAMB 57
THE BEASTS IN PARTNERSHIP 60
THE LION AND THE MOUSE 64
THE JEALOUS ASS 67
THE TOWN AND COUNTRY MICE 71
THE FOX AND THE CROW 75
THE LION AN THE ECHO 79
THE PAPER KITE 82
THE RATS AND THE CHEESE 85
AURELIA AND THE SPIDER 88
THE REDBREAST AND THE SPARROW 90
THE POET AND THE COBWEBS 92
THE EPICURE AND THE PHYSICIAN 96
THE FROGS DESIRING A KING 101
THE HARE AND THE BRAMBLE 104
THE HORSE AND THE STAG 106
THE CAT AND THE OLD MOUSE 108
THE FOX AND THE VISOR MASK 110
THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGGS 112
THE FOX AND THE GRAPES 114
THE MOUSE AND THE WEASEL 116
THE MISER AND HIS TREASURE 118
THE JACKDAW AND THE PEACOCKS 120
THE SPARROW AND THE HARE 122
THE ASS AND THE LION 123
THE STAG AND THE FOUNTAIN 125
THE EAGLE, THE CAT, AND THE SOW 127
THE EAGLE, THE RAVEN AND THE TORTOISE 129
THE FLAY AND THE HORSE 131
ESOP AT PLAY 132
THE OLD PILOT AND THE SAILORS 134
THE CRAB AND HER DAUGHTER 135
THE SUN AND THE WIND 137
THE TWO POTS 139
HERCULES AND THE CARTER 141
THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER 142
THE CROW AND THE PITCHER 144
THE ANGLER AND THE LITTLE FISH 145
THE FROG AND THE FOX 146
THE APE AND HR YOUNG ONES 147
THE FIR TREE AND THE THORN 149
THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN 151
THE DOG IN THE MANGER 153
THE STAG AND THE VINE 154
THE FIR MISCHIEVOUS DOG 155
THE SICK MAN AND THE PHYSICIAN 156
THE FARMER AND HIS SONS 158
THE SWALLOW AND THE BIRDS 160
THE BOASTING TRAVELLER 162
THE OLD WOMAN AND HER MAIDS 164
THE FIR INDUSTRY AND SLOTH 166
THE SHEPHERD TURNED MERCHANT 168
THE SPENDTHRIFT AND THE SWALLOW 170
THE EAGLE AND THE CROW 171
THE WOLF AND THE SHEPHERD'S BOY 173
THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL 175
THE MEN AND THE OYSTER 177
THE SHEPHERD AND HIS DOG 179
THE COUNTRYMAN AND THE JUSTICE 181
THE COCK AND THE FOX 183
THE BLIND MAN AND THE LAME 185
THE MAN AND THE SERPENT 187
THE TWO STREAMS 189
THE SOT AND HIS WIFE 191
THE FARMER AND HIS QUARRELSOME SONS 193
THE FIG TREE AND THE FLOWERING SHRUB 195
THE FARMER AND THE LANDLORD 197
THE SCHOOL-BOY AND THE MONITOR 199
THE MILLER AND HIS ASS 201
THE DREAMER AND HIS SONS 204
THE OLD MAN AND DEATH 206
THE PAINTER 209
THE COBBLER AND THE NABOB 212
THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER 215
THE GOOD MINISTER 219
THE SWAN AND THE COOK 221
THE LYNX AND THE MOLE 223
THE OLD CAT AND THE YOUNG MOUSE 225
THE TWO FRIENDS 227
THE SICK STAG 230
THE FOREST AND THE WOODMAN 232
THE ELEPHANT AND THE MONKEY OF JUPITER 234
THE WOODCUTTER AND DEATH 237
THE RAT AND THE OYSTER 239
THE PHYSICIANS 242
THE MOUNTAIN IN LABOR 244
THE CAT METAMORPHOSED INTO A WOMAN 246
THE FROG AND THE RAT 248
THE LION AND THE FLY 251
THE TWO MULES 253
THE JUPITER AND THE FARMER 255
THE COCK, THE CAT, AND THE LITTLE MOUSE 258
THE MONKEY 261
THE HORSE AND THE ASS 263
THE ASTROLOGER WHO FELL INTO A WELL 265
THE ANIMALS SICK WITH THE PLAGUE 269
THE CANDLE 273
THE HOG, THE GOAT, AND THE SHEEP 275
THE DELICATE HERON 278
THE BLACKAMOOR AND HER MISTRESS 280
THE BEAR AND THE GARDENER 282
THE VULTURES AND THE PIGEONS 284
THE BEAR AND THE BEES 287
IN RHYME; OR, OLD FRIENDS IN A NEW DRESS.
C. G. HENDERSON, & CO.,
N. W. CORNER ARCH AND FIFTH STREETS.
1852. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, BY C. G. HENDERSON & CO., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
A wolf there was, whose scanty fare
Had made his person lean and spare;
A dog there was, so amply fed,
His sides were plump and sleek; 'tis said
The wolf once met this prosp'rous cur,
And thus began: "Your servant, sir;
I'm pleased to see you look so well,
Though how it is I cannot tell;
I have not broke my fast to-day;
Nor have I, I'm concern'd to say,
One bone in store or expectation,
And that I call a great vexation."
"Indeed it is," the dog replied:
"I know no ill so great beside;
But if you do not like to be
So poorly fed, come live with me."
"Agreed," rejoined the wolf, "I'll go:
But pray, what work am I to do?"
"Oh, guard the house, and do not fail
To bark at thieves, and wag your tail."
So off they jogg'd, and soon arrived
At where the friendly mastiff lived.
"Well," said the wolf, "I can't deny
You have a better house than I."
"Not so," the other then replied,
"If you with me will hence abide."
"Oh," said the wolf, "how kind you are!
But what d'ye call that, hanging there?
Is it an iron chain, or what?"
"Friend," said the dog, "I quite forgot
To mention that; sometimes, you see,
They hook that little chain to me;
But it is only meant to keep
Us dogs from walking in our sleep,
And should you wear it, you would find,
It's nothing that you need to mind."
"I'll take your word," the wolf replied.
"It's truth by me shall ne'er be tried;
I'll have my liberty again,
And you your collar and your chain."
MORAL.Our neighbors sometimes seem to be
A vast deal better off than we;
Yet seldom 'tis they really are,
Since they have troubles too to bear,
Which, if the truth were really known,
Are quite as grievous as our own.
A herdsman, who lived at a time and a place
Which, should you not know, is but little disgrace,
Discover'd one morning, on counting his stock,
That a sheep had been stolen that night from the flock.
"Oh, I wish I had caught ye, whoever ye be,
I'd have soon let you know, I'd have soon let ye see,
What he had to expect," said the herdsman, "I trow;
But I've thought of a scheme that will trouble you now."
So what did he do, sir, but put up a board,
Describing the thief, and proposed a reward
Of a lamb, to the man who would give information
Concerning the thief, and his true designation.
The project succeeded; for soon there applied
A certain near neighbor, with others beside.
"But tell me the thief," said the herdsman, "at least;"
"Come hither," said they, "and we'll show you the beast!"
"The beast!" said the rustic, who thought he should die on
The spot, when he found that the thief was a lion!
"Ill luck to my hurry, what now shall I do?
I promised a lamb to detect you 'tis true;
But now I'd consent all my substance to pay,
If I could but with safety get out of your way."
MORAL.Silly people ask things that would ruin, if sent;
They demand them in haste, and at leisure repent.
Some boys, beside a pond or lake,
Were playing once at duck and drake?
When, doubtless to their heart's content,
Volleys of stones were quickly sent.
But there were some (there will be such)
Who did not seem amused so much;
These were the frogs, to whom the game,
In point of sport was not the same.
For scarce a stone arrived, 'tis said,
But gave some frog a broken head;
And scores in less than half an hour,
Perished beneath the dreadful shower.
At last, said one, "You silly folks, I say,
Do fling your stones another way;
Though sport to you, to throw them thus,
Remember, pray, 'tis death to us!"
MORAL.From hence this moral may be learn'd:
Let play be play to all concern'd.
A cock there was: a sage was he
(If Esop we may trust,)
Who wish'd to make a meal, you see,
As other sages must.
With this intent, as heretofore,
When on the hunt for grain;
Our hero scratch'd the litter o'er
With all his might and main.
But scarce a minute had he scratch'd,
When, to his great surprise,
A gem, with golden chain attach'd,
He saw with both his eyes.
"Alack!" quoth he, "what have we here?
A diamond, I protest!
Which lords and ladies buy so dear,
And hold in such request.
"But one good barley-corn to me
Has more intrinsic worth
Than all the pearls now in the sea,
Or gold now in the earth."
MORAL.The moral here, in Esop's mind,
Was this, there's not a doubt:
Things have most value, which we find
We cannot do without.
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