Nor to that flatt’ring hope attend,
Which must in disappointment end.
[XVIII.] ESOP AND THE IMPORTUNATE FELLOW.
Esop (no other slave at hand)
Received himself his lord’s command
An early supper to provide.
From house to house he therefore tried
To beg the favor of a light;
At length he hit upon the right.
But as when first he sallied out