Aeroplanes

A free download from www.dertz.in

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Aesop, in Rhyme, by Marmaduke
Park
This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net
Title: Aesop, in Rhyme
Old Friends in a New Dress
Author: Marmaduke Park
Release Date: April 19, 2007 [EBook #21189]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
0. START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AESOP, IN
RHYME ***
Produced by David Edwards, Jacqueline Jeremy and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This
file was
produced from images generously made available
by The University
of Florida, The Internet
Archive/Children's Library)
[Illustration]
[Illustration: Æsop in Rhyme]
ÆSOP,
IN RHYME;
OR,

OLD FRIENDS IN A NEW DRESS.
[Illustration]
BY MARMADUKE PARK.

PHILADELPHIA:
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.

[Illustration]
THE DOG AND THE WOLF.
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.
[Illustration]
THE HERDSMAN.
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.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
THE BOYS AND THE FROGS.
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