Here wiser Reynard shook his head,
And this would never do, he said:
’Tis ours to make these foolish elves,
My lord, be liars to themselves:
Suspicion rais’d, the very eye
Will unsuspected gravely lie,
And, when a friend it shall survey,
Th’ idea of a foe display,
As you shall see—— Away he flew,
And, to the friends as near he drew,