The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 18/The Dog and Shadow

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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 18
 (c. 1710–1730)
by Jonathan Swift, edited by Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, John Boyle, Patrick Delany, John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift, William Bowyer, John Birch, and George Faulkner
The Dog and Shadow
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— The Dog and Shadowc. 1710-1730Jonathan Swift
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THE DOG AND SHADOW.


ORE cibum portans catulus dum spectat in undis,
Apparet liquido prædæ melioris imago:
Dum speciosa diu damna admiratur, et alte
Ad latices inhiat, cadit imo vortice præceps
Ore cibus, nec non simulachrum corripit una.
Occupat ille avidus deceptis faucibus umbram;
Illudit species, ac dentibus aëra mordet.


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