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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FOX AND THE GRAPES, by GAIUS JULIUS PHAEDRUS Poet's Biography
First Line: An hungry fox with fierce attack
Last Line: Who lessen what they can't come at.
Subject(s): Fables; Foxes; Grapes; Allegories
First Line: An hungry fox with fierce attack
Last Line: Who lessen what they can't come at.
Subject(s): Fables; Foxes; Grapes; Allegories
An hungry Fox with fierce attack
Sprang on a Vine, but tumbled back,
Nor could attain the point in view,
So near the sky the bunches grew.
As he went off, "They're scurvy stuff
"(Says he) and not half ripe enough --
"And I've more reverence for my tripes,
"Than to torment them with the gripes."
For those this tale is very pat,
Who lessen what they can't come at.
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