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FLORIAN'S FABLES.

FABLE X.
THE CHILD AND THE LOOKING-GLASS.

Once on a time it came to pass,    A child by a poor woman rais'd, First saw at home a looking-glass,    In which it often fondly gazed. At length, by a mere child's caprice,    But which the grown man often shows, Its raptures for the mirror cease,    At which it ugly glances throws.