Social Commentaries
I.7 The Fox and the Tragic Mask
Translated by Christopher Smart (1887 printing) · From Fables, Book I
Social Commentaries
A Fox beheld a Mask-- "O rare
The headpiece, if but brains were there!"
This holds--whene'er the Fates dispense
Pomp, pow'r, and everything but sense.
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Phaedrus. “I.7 The Fox and the Tragic Mask.” Translated by Christopher Smart. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/phaedrus/7/.
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Phaedrus. “I.7 The Fox and the Tragic Mask.” Translated by Christopher Smart. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/phaedrus/7/.
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