Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-08-23


They f4uhd the b. ~ a pleafant yyles.
Fann'd by che chesfss:es vefoal ga.sr
Where f9wass ths IL ZIG reen in.aid,. ]
FAD e. rlees~ stss4 Asa,s outrageous fassads
4 chsqarf'd icene o. liz sa4 hadss Z
Some peaceful, rupipatHg tsy,
While ottsss with thf.S lapuAlBs pisys
Some crop the a1wers,s ard b, Tie .groyes
Some ~i.bthsit mates, pat!aef sssit4ir lDges.
Their faithful dogs, with ear. reRfain
Their thobghsicis ta~bIsrg: o ii the plaia:s
And, sig.lans, Alb e@se The a)ataa,
Upon ths lraH. aprsoscb 81 bafms
This iaw the EoHss, but i,a,at,
On their bad fcbenss, did soi rclsas.
The Ggbt d fb-sp, fo..aig aad good,
SharpeHd rIea appetite soI bloca.
they Pssts'd along WIKI eager lsles
Whsn, a linn Reayas5 .'vcns tAe ref.
2 Fox an fsr<jga ns0astd;st 5rsar5
Hail yrlid, hat bwL.'d, aid thss he fade
sSsgeomr, my s.iends !. tathtpurs deGs IA
s5stEratsv kgbf ihfoyoa5 minds.
Nee often feen and Len Wnii,Fair,
Iheie dogs, your liberty fraih. Is
What buptt your plenty ard youreafe.
When yon can't i.ngs where'er you pleaae;s
This plan, indeed, "a fertile, ~ide:
Blu, why not Try The alosat4ia's Gae9
Can free Gorn rn'Tds BE- iatissg'd,
White there 10 ought 20 be ehioy'd
O5 natufs's bynnties which fle gIves
WAh lib'rak hand 20 ali that hfes9
Hold I'm, dear fdeads-!! ..uave or foo!,
Who fsyss asar l,sep fieEteltes cam, rases
TIE tsaf!m hafss, AID iiai'tous deer,
To ycu are az txsnpts ciear;
The, want no fences, pen nor fold,
Ncr sSaat ny Dogs to be eontrpul'a.
From Wolie or Fox there's noughs to fcsga
It's cbildil fuff, mere bugbesr--
All lhar, a FLY, vile .pre!epcE
10 raife 6qem of expesse.
For ,his, my friends you're nearly hofas
For this, your lambs aye trofn ydu torn:
For this, your feih make butchers meas,
For hungry men and dogsto eat;
For This, your kins are fo.d, and taI!ow,
For this pfefence 70 vain and (naow--
For fhamc, my friendsl route from your 'lsep,
And vindicate lie rights ett%ftp;f
Thofe furry ours far frcm you drive,
Who on yoer hard oppelion thfive:
Who, churl.h, circuptcribe your roaming
On mother naiufe's open COMMON;
ADu ErIVe 20 Keep the f;ock togetner
To crowd and joale one another,
When parting would be better thrift;
For each would have mere room TO fllh..
Our lervice. friraas, oyou we'll give,
No other recomtrule recciye.
But thai reward which pi,fge finds,
TIE bssrt.felttioy Of ger'rvsf minA;s
We aand in need of no Pretencc,
OR m0f;ve is'Jeaepoltnte.
Then follow Us ro'.iberty;
IT'S but to avM it, and be free."
Thus ipoke tn arch Fox, in reafon'a CUFFS
] idious, mixing truth with lies.
The Witltfs fheep began to crowd
To that idc where the Foxes food.
They rais'd their heads and f5od in gaze,
Nor more they fport, nor moe they grazee
The Foxes Poifon'd words funk dep
N the weak minds Of the poo heep;
Di1urb'd, they kaI Ike. ID 70 be at
a fcmcthins, which they knew NOT what.
. The faithful dogs percsiv'd their piIghr,
And labor'd hard to put them right.
They PROVED the r:;fsning faIie aad noxious,
And fworc the fleming dogs were fixes;
Show'd them their murd'rous teeth and nails,
Their fhorr cara HoLch'd and cropped tails -
But all inyain, the fllsep were blind,
Nor could fee fraud in words 70 kidd,
They grew tunsuItuous as t6sies,
And bleated loud Tor liberty; Z
Becau,s:a wild, Misunderstood,
And srod their guardians urder foot: Sf
Csll,d en- the Foxes for protection,
And gave themfclyes to their directions e,
The Foxes now threw off difgpif,
No longer us'd their crafty lies ;.
But howng nails and teeth so grim,
Tore them sssunder, limb frem limb.
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