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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=451099" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Crane & The Fox, a Fable</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In long gone years a fox and crane<br>Were bound in friendship's golden chain;<br>Whene'er they met, the fox would bow<br>And madame Crane would curtsie low-<br>-My lovely Crane how do you do?<br>-I'm very well - pray how are you?<br>Thus time passed on, both very civil<br>Till Reynard in an hour evil<br>Projected what he thought a stroke<br>The world would call a pretty joke -<br>A billet wrote on gilded paper<br>And sealed it with a perfumed wafer<br>Announced the day, if she saw fit<br>To take a tete-a-tetetit-bit;<br>The day arriv'd -she preen'd each feather<br>And summon'd ev'ry grace together;<br>At breakfast scarce a morsel eat<br>Intent to riot at the treat - </div><div style="margin:10px 0">She came - wide stood the unfolded door<br>And roses deck'd the sanded floor -<br>- There hyacinths in festoons hung<br>- Here lillies their rich fragrance flung - </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The table drawn - the damask laid<br>And soup prepared of bullock's marrow<br>Pour'd in each plate profuse - but shallow;<br>The fox began to lap in haste<br>And made a plentiful repast,<br>Pressed his fair friend to do the same<br>And to encourage, lap'd again - </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Crane be sure with her long beak<br>Could not a single morsel pick;<br>She felt the bite--but little said<br>And very soon her exit made,<br>Just beg'd the fox would come next day<br>And sup with her in her plain way;<br>Reynard declared she did him honor<br>-He certainly would wait upon her. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Her domicile was well prepar'd<br>No cost or labor had been spared;<br>Roses and tulips on the floor<br>And daffodils the ceiling bore;<br>Nor was a band of music wanting<br>For whippoorwills and frogs were chanting.<br>The sun had set and given way<br>To sober evening's mantle gray;<br>The fox arriv'd with stomach keen <br>-Hoped he saw in health his Queen <br>And added in his courtliest air<br>She ne'er before had look'd so fair. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Crane replied in mildest mood<br>That all he said was very good,<br>She meekly meant to do her duty<br>And ne'er dream'd of praise or beauty.<br>-She spoke - The table soon was spread<br>And ev'rything in order paid;<br>Two narrow jars now graced the board<br>With nicely minced ven'son stored;<br>- Now let's fall to, sir, if you will--<br>And in she pok'd her slender bill <br>And gulp'd of viands at her leisure <br>- To see you eat would give me pleasure <br>She cried - eat, neighbor, eat <br>I fear you do not like my treat;<br>It suits my palate to a hair <br>Pray, Chummy, eat and do not spare.<br>- The fox looked on with rueful phys <br>Feeling in all its force the quiz. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Crane enjoy'd his discontent<br>And thus address'd him as he went,<br>The truest adage ever spoke <br>Was &quot;He that Gives must Take a joke.&quot; </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>H.L. to his beloved daughter Jane, Feb. 19, 1827.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Major+Henry+Livingston+Jr.">Major Henry Livingston Jr.</a><div class=q>
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Were bound in friendship's golden chain;
Whene'er they met, the fox would bow
And madame Crane would curtsie low-
-My lovely Crane how do you do?
-I'm very well - pray how are you?
Thus time passed on, both very ..."></div>
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