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BPB.752.004
13 Apr 1752:11 (903)
The Mock Bird and Red Bird
A Fable.
[Latin]
Some birds, (it is no news to tell)
Can sing, and in their songs excel,
Then, need we any wonder make,
If, sometimes, we should hear them speak?
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Nor is't thy voice, thy voice alone,
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Nor would feign'd song, by rapine raise,
Content with my own native lays.
My voice, thou mocker, 'tis well known,
Such as it is,--- it is my own;
And let us leave it to fair votes
As sweet as yours, with all your notes.
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The question is of voice and colour,
And not whose gogle eyes are fuller
Hark, have you ears?---each strain it try'd
And swell'd with musick, and with pride.
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