Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered)

From ministers proceed we to the misers. I doubt whether any domestic changes have wrought so great an amelioration in our well-being as banks and banking. It has saved us from...

"What rant and cant have you expressed, Yon sordid wretch! It is the mind, And not the gold, corrupts mankind. Shall my best medium be accused Because its virtues are abused? Vi...

A goat of singularity-- Not vainer than a goat need be-- Lay on a thymy bank, and viewed Himself reflected in the flood. "Confound my beard!" he thought, and said; "How badly it...

The animals were once distressed By bitter famine, and addressed Themselves to man to find them food, And bound themselves in servitude; For, whilst they starved, or whilst they...

You praise his probity and wit: No doubt; I doubt them not a whit. Ah! may our patriot have them too; And if both clash, why things may do. For I have heard (oh, Heaven defend u...

"You blockhead!" said an honest farmer, Who grew with indignation warmer, "You are an owl: and are as blind, As parents, to the youthful mind. Had you with judgment judged, the...

Again he troubled Jove with prayers: Fraught with a wife, he wanted heirs: They came, to be annoys or joys-- One girl and two big bouncing boys. And, a third time, he prayed his...

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+--------------------------------------------------+ |Transcriber's Note: | | | |Inconsistencies in the use of hyphens and accents,| |as well as in the title of fables in the ta...