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Show THE HOIYIACE Or B EASTS. A 1'EJlslAN FABLE. From jVir ),-,- AYc i';.; ib(. ),V ''' S '"" as 1 have h. ard, n"" V -w ufv,. y bird; in r "d al.ke o'er ni mi and buast, l'!,,Ic U tl1 'i marrlARe toast. bis iT-ry throne the annus s cm., cmo by one, Ai dhmnl.v made Vbira..c there n or nil tlKir pnvere.n'i cuullo etiro. The eh-pSiant, with mighty tread, 'I hi strange proc.-fHon l)tl led; And closo i-ehind the lion s'aMied, And all with duo decorum walked. Such ift HuT brought to please the bndo, As nature's richest storo ripuHod, And Solom.. ivj.iced t- prove il-i subjects' loynlty and Lvc. Xow far behind the ,taU-ly train An ant came toiling Vr th- plain And in his niou'ii h, drngjjod along A single gra;s blade through Hie throng. Nor hint did Solomon contemn, Nor thii p.-or nil'orieg eondtrnn; Hio ant hu welcom. d to his feast, E'cu tboiiKli the very last and leist. By honorit.fr l,ith great ar.d small, Hy seorr-ing t. one and loving all Whs Sol .ninn ue wis st kintr In Lh.'ec i. Id diiys wliereot I sing. |
