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FLORIAN'S FABLES.

THE FOX AS A PREACHER.

With lofty strokes he boldly dares
To hit at lions, tigers, bears,
And all the monsters of the wood:
Condemns their ravenous thirst for blood,
Their gluttony, their rage, their spite,