Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 41
THE DOG THAT DROPPED THE SUB-STANCE FOR THE SHADOW (From the Fables of La Fontaine.) THIS world is full of shadow-chasers.Most easily deceived.Should I enumerate these racers, I should not be beheved.I send them all to ^sops dog,Which, crossing water on a log,Espied the meat he bore, below;To seize… … THE FOX WITH HIS TAIL CUT OFF (From the Fables of La Fontaine.) A CUNNING old fox, of plundering habits,Great crauncher of fowls, great catcher ofrabbits. Whom none of his sort had caught in a nap, Was finally caught in somebodys trap. By luck he escaped, not wholly and hale. For the price of his…
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