Social Commentaries
II.3 The Man and the Dog
Translated by Christopher Smart (1887 printing) · From Fables, Book II
Social Commentaries
Torn by a Cur, a man was led
To throw the snappish thief some bread
Dipt in the blood, which, he was told,
Had been a remedy of old. Then
Esop thus:-- "Forbear to show
A pack of dogs the thing you do,
Lest they should soon devour us quite,
When thus rewarded as they bite."
One wicked miscreant's success
Makes many more the trade profess.
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Phaedrus. “II.3 The Man and the Dog.” Translated by Christopher Smart. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/phaedrus/33/.
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Phaedrus. “II.3 The Man and the Dog.” Translated by Christopher Smart. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/phaedrus/33/.
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