The Little Dog (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
THE key, which opes the chest of hoarded gold.Unlocks the heart that favours would withhold.To this the god of love ...
THE key, which opes the chest of hoarded gold.Unlocks the heart that favours would withhold.To this the god of love ...
DAN CUPID, though the god of soft amour,In ev'ry age works miracles a store;Can Catos change to male coquets at ...
OFT have I seen in wedlock with surprise,That most forgot from which true bliss would riseWhen marriage for a daughter ...
SOLICITED I've been to give a tale,In which (though true, decorum must prevail),The subject from a picture shall arise,That by ...
TO you, my friends, allow me to detail,The feats of monks in Catalonia's vale,Where oft the holy fathers pow'rs displayed,And ...
IN Eastern climes, by means considered new;The Mount's old-man, with terrors would pursue;His large domains howe'er were not the cause,Nor ...
HE surely must be wrong who loving fears;And does not flee when beauty first appears.Ye FAIR, with charms divine, I ...
DAME FORTUNE often loves a laugh to raise,And, playing off her tricks and roguish ways,Instead of giving us what we ...
WHEN Venus and Hypocrisy combine,Oft pranks are played that show a deep design;Men are but men, and friars full as ...
I AM always inclined to suspect The best story under the sunAs soon as by chance I detect That teller and hero ...
OFT have I seen in wedlock with surprise, That most forgot from which true bliss would rise When marriage for ...
SOLICITED I've been to give a tale, In which (though true, decorum must prevail), The subject from a picture shall ...
TO you, my friends, allow me to detail, The feats of monks in Catalonia's vale, Where oft the holy fathers ...
WHEN Venus and Hypocrisy combine, Oft pranks are played that show a deep design; Men are but men, and friars ...
I AM always inclined to suspect The best story under the sun As soon as by chance I detect That ...
HE surely must be wrong who loving fears; And does not flee when beauty first appears. Ye FAIR, with charms ...
THE key, which opes the chest of hoarded gold. Unlocks the heart that favours would withhold. To this the god ...
DAN CUPID, though the god of soft amour, In ev'ry age works miracles a store; Can Catos change to male ...
IN Eastern climes, by means considered new; The Mount's old-man, with terrors would pursue; His large domains howe'er were not ...
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