<p>WHEN first these Geese I saw, and heard<lb/> Them hiss so fierce at me;<lb/> With fear o'erwhelm'd, I fled the bird,<lb/> And thought therein to see<lb/> Some winged beast, or dragon fell,<lb/> Whose pestilential breath<lb/> <pb n="uiuc_83931c29eep_fac186"/> Alone sufficed, as I'd heard tell,<lb/> To spread dismay and death.<lb/> At length their snappish noise despite,<lb/> I felt within my breast<lb/> A strange resolve to stay my flight,<lb/> And meet them at my best.<lb/> So looking round as fiercely too,<lb/> I was about to draw,<lb/> And pierce the hissing monsters through;<lb/> When all at once I saw-<lb/> And said, as plain as I could speak:<lb/> Why I'm a fool outright!<lb/> The beast's a flat and toothless beak!<lb/> With that he cannot bite;<lb/> No claws upon his feet has he<lb/> That I had need to fear,<lb/> No crooked talons that I see<lb/> With which my flesh to tear.<lb/> 'Tis all mere empty wind, e'en though<lb/> So dread to th'ear and sight;<lb/> Fear not, my mates!-who hiss and blow<lb/> Are seldom fierce to bite.</p> <p>WIJT gapen, en bijt niet:<lb/> Veel blasen en smijt niet<lb/> SY en bijten niet al, die haer tanden laten sien.<lb/> CHAT mioleur ne fut jamais bon chausseur, non plus qu'homme sage caquetteur<lb/> Een Kat die veel maeuwt, vangt weinigh muisen.<lb/> A MUCHA parola, obra poco.<lb/> CAN ch'abbaja, non vuol nocer.<lb/> HÜHNER die veel schwatzen, legen wenig Eier.<lb/> Dov' è manca cor, quivi è piu lingua.<lb/> DE grands vanteurs<lb/> Petits faiseurs.<lb/> Wenn die Worte Leute schlugen, so wär er ein tapferer Mann.</p> <pb n="uiuc_83931c29eep_fac187"/> <p>VASA inania plurimùm tinniunt.<lb/> -AN tibi Mavors<lb/> Ventosâ in linguâ, pedisbusque fugacibus istis,<lb/> Semper erit?-VIRG. AEn. II.<lb/> Jam senectus mundi est, quae est garrula.<lb/> Magis metuendi taciturni et lenes, quàm feroces et clamatores.<lb/> -VANA est sine viribus ira.<lb/> MINARUM strepitus,<lb/> Asinorum crepitus.<lb/> VALIDIOR vox operis, quam oris.<lb/> IGNAVISSIMUS quisque et in periculo minimùm ausurus nimii verbis, lingua feroces.<lb/> TACITUS.<lb/> UT quisque ignavus animo, procax ore. -Ibid.<lb/> QUID dignum tanto feret hic promissor hiatu?<lb/> Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. -HORACE.<lb/> MONS parturibat gemitus immanes ciens, <lb/> Eratque in terris maxima exspectatio.<lb/> At ille murem peperit. Hoc scriptum est tibi,<lb/> Qui magna cum minaris, extricas nihil.<lb/> PHAEDRUS, Fabul. Ixxix.<lb/> CANIS timidus vehementiùs latrat, quam mordet.-CURTIUS.<lb/> -QUID verbis opus est? spectemur agendo. -OVID. xiii. Metam.<lb/> MULTA verba, modria fides. -RICHTER, Axiom. Oecon. 221.<lb/> DIE Kühne die sehr brüllen, geben wenig Milch.<lb/> Hunde die sehr bellen, beissen nicht.<lb/> 'T is een wijse van het lant.<lb/> Lange tonge kort van hant.<lb/> TEL menace, qui est battur.<lb/> Tel menace, qui a grand' peur.<lb/> De grand menaceur peu de fait.</p> <p>Who knows himself a braggart<lb/> Let him fear this; for it shall come to pass<lb/> That every braggart shall be found an ass.<lb/> SHAKESPEARE, All's Well that Ends Well.<lb/> BRAGGARTS must needs be factious, for all bravery stands upon comparisons.<lb/> They must be vionelnt to make good their vaunts. Neither can they be secret, and <lb/> therefore not effectual.-LORD BACON. </p> <pb n="uiuc_83931c29eep_fac188"/> <p>WHEN as the waxen light and candle did shine,<lb/> As was the taper , so the candle was fine:<lb/> When light is gone, this gives an odious snuffe,<lb/> That smels of Hybas sweete nectarian stuffe.<lb/> So when the wicked sits in honours chaire,<lb/> Unto the good man all doe him compare;<lb/> But when Death sparing none, his maske puls off,<lb/> And changing Fortune sets him for a scoffe:<lb/> Then to the frittle people he doth stinke,<lb/> His name smels like a common-shore or sinke:<lb/> The good againe, even in adversity,<lb/> Cares not for Fortunes false inconstancy;<lb/> And when against him death hath done her best,<lb/> His name smels like the Phenix spicy nest.<lb/> FARLIE''S Emblems.</p>

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The Goose Hisses Well, But it Don't Bite

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<p>THE GOOSE HISSES WELL, BUT IT DON'T BITE</p>

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