Who’ve sharper teeth than thine by far,

And can corrode an iron bar?”

[VIII.] THE FOX AND THE GOAT.

A crafty knave will make escape,

When once he gets into a scrape,

Still meditating self-defence,

At any other man’s expense.

A Fox by some disaster fell

Into a deep and fenced well:

A thirsty Goat came down in haste,