A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations / Consisting of Choice Passages from the Sacred Poetry of All Ages and Countries, Classified and Arranged, for Facility of Reference, Under Subject Headings; Illustrated by Striking Passages from Scripture, and Forming Altogether a Complete Book of Devotional Poetry.

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The cock implored the pigeon’s flight,

Whose wings were rapid, strong, and light;

The pigeon strength of wing despised,

And the cock’s matchless valour prized.

The fishes wish’d to graze the plain;

The beasts to skim beneath the main.

Thus, envious of another’s state,

Each blam’d the partial hand of fate.

Gay.

Slander’d in vain, enjoy the spleen of foes;