FABLES. TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS WILLIAM DUKE OF CUMBERLAND. PART I. THE LION, TIGER, AND TRAVELLER. ACCEPT, young Prince! the moral lay, Princes, like beauties, from their youth The Muse disdains to steal from those But shall I hide your real praise, True courage shall your bosom fire, A Tiger, roaming for his prey, With mingled roar resounds the wood, Their teeth, their claws, distil with blood; Till, vanquish'd by the Lion's strength, The spotted foe extends his length. The Lion thus bespoke his guest: 'What hardy beast shall dare contest Those bones that whiten all the land, Might well the brutal nation awe; Robbers invade their neighbour's right: For beasts of prey, a servile train, THE SPANIEL AND THE CHAMELEON. A SPANIEL, bred with all the care In pamper'd ease his hours were spent: The wind was south, the morning fair, |