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,