THE JAY AND THE FROG
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Moral
When proud Ambition seeks to rise
From its accustomed ways;
Oft jealousies will jeer and peck,
As did the haughty jays.
From its accustomed ways;
Oft jealousies will jeer and peck,
As did the haughty jays.
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To all who chance to read this tale,
Its simple warning speaks,—
"Ye who aspire to sphere's aloft—
Beware of vicious beaks!"
Its simple warning speaks,—
"Ye who aspire to sphere's aloft—
Beware of vicious beaks!"
