trans-7967
The Dog in the River
Title | The Dog in the River |
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Original Title | Canis per fluvium carnem ferens |
Original Author | Phaedrus |
Original ID | trans-7817.xml |
Book Author | C. Smart |
Language code | eng |
The churl that wants another's fare Deserves at least to lose his share. As through the stream a Dog convey'd A piece of meat, he spied his shade In the clear mirror of the flood, And thinking it was flesh and blood, Snapp'd to deprive him of the treat:- But mark the glutton's self-defeat, Miss'd both another's and his own, Both shade and substance, beef and bone.