<p>A TORTOISE of ambitious mind,<lb/> Such as in Men we sometimes find<lb/> Puff'd up with an egregious sense<lb/> Of his superior excellence,<lb/> Much wish'd to change his lot on earth<lb/> For one more fitted to his worth;<lb/> <pb n="uiuc_83931c29eep_fac142"/> Which in his self-conceit he deem'd<lb/> Too little by his friends esteem'd-<lb/> Who neither would allow nor see<lb/> That he possess'd a quality<lb/> Of form or of intelligence,<lb/> Beyond their Tortoise common-sense.<lb/> Resolv'd ne'erless that they should be<lb/> Convinc'd of his ability<lb/> To shine where they could never hope<lb/> With his superior mind to cope,<lb/> Seeing one day the bird of Jove<lb/> Alighting from the clouds above,<lb/> He urged him with address polite<lb/> To bear him upward in his flight;<lb/> That he might prove to all his race<lb/> How qualified he was to grace<lb/> A station more exalted than<lb/> Their weak intelligence could scan:<lb/> Whence he at once might grasp and see<lb/> The glories of the land and sea,<lb/> And like the eagle gaze upon<lb/> The full effulgence of the sun,<lb/> High up above the puny ken<lb/> Of grov'lling Tortoises and men.<lb/> The Eagle, quick as thought to see<lb/> The silly reptile's vanity,<lb/> Express'd himself but too content<lb/> To do what from the first he meant:<lb/> And seizing him right quickly too,<lb/> He upward with the Tortoise flew,<lb/> So high into the realms of light,<lb/> That almost losing sense and sight,<lb/> The Tortoise wished himself again<lb/> Below upon the humble plain.<lb/> But upward still the Eagle rose,<lb/> As though pretending to disclose<lb/> <pb n="uiuc_83931c29eep_fac143"/> A range of view as high and wide<lb/> As most would satisfy his pride.<lb/> Like silver threads the rivers flow,<lb/> And wind some thousand feet below:-<lb/> Like mole-hills are the mountains high-<lb/> In vast expanse- Earth, sea and sky<lb/> Lit up and flooded with a light<lb/> Too glorious for the reptile'sight.<lb/> Anon, the Eagle asks him how<lb/> He liked the change from things below?<lb/> If higher yet he'd like to rise?<lb/> And felt at home? and how the skies<lb/> Agreed with his abilities?<lb/> When lo! the Tortoise, all dismay,<lb/> Had not a single word to say!<lb/> With scornful and derisive shriek,<lb/> Unloosing then both claws and beak,<lb/> The Eagle lets the Tortoise go;<lb/> Which, dash'd upon the rocks below,<lb/> Became his prey, and learnt-too late-<lb/> The ills that on ambition wait.<lb/> E'en so at Courts, when men of low degree,<lb/> And menial minds, are raised to rank and place;<lb/> How oft are they uplifted but to be<lb/> Cast down with greater force and more disgrace!</p> <p>FORTUNA vitrae est; tum, cùm splendet, frangitur. -P.SYRUS.<lb/> MAGNA ruunt, inflata crepant, tumefacta premuntur.-LUCAN. i. ver. 17.<lb/> -SUMMISQUE negatum<lb/> Stare diu, nimioque graves sub pondere lapsus.-SYRACH. iii.12.<lb/> SEEKEST thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil<lb/> all flesh, saith the Lord.-Jer. xlv. 5.<lb/> GOD hath a special indignation at pride, above all sins.-BISHOP HALL.</p> <pb n="uiuc_83931c29eep_fac144"/> <p>ONE chinke there was and not another way<lb/> For Boreas, his fury to essay;<lb/> So Hectors fatall gift Ajax confounded,<lb/> And stob'd him where he onely could be wounded;<lb/> Apollo so directed Paris dart<lb/> To wound Achilles foote, and kill his heart.<lb/> Death lies in ambush like an enemy,<lb/> And brasheth where our sconces weakest be.<lb/> Whether an icecle or drop of water,<lb/> Or gnat, or Londons Scholler-killing letter.<lb/> A thousand trickes we see of cunning death;<lb/> He makes or finds a way to stop our breath.<lb/> FARLIE'S Emblems.</p>

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<p>THE HIGHER THE RISE, THE GREATER THE FALL</p>

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