Folk Tale

The He-goats and She-goats

Translated From

De Capris Barbatis

AuthorPhaedrus
Book TitleFabulae Aesopiae
Publication Date41
LanguageLatin
AuthorC. Smart
Book TitleThe Fables of Phaedrus
Publication Date1887
LanguageEnglish
OriginItaly

When the She-Goats from Jove obtain'd A beard, th' indignant Males complain'd, That females by this near approach Would on their gravity encroach. "Suffer, my sapient friends," says he, "Their eminence in this degree, And bear their beard's most graceful length, As they can never have your strength." Warn'd by this little tale, agree With men in gen'ral form'd like thee While you by virtue still exceed, And in the spirit take the lead.


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