FAVOURITE FABLES.

That you with music, I with light,
Might beautify and cheer the night.”’
The songster heard his short oration,
And, warbling out his approbation,
Released him, as my story tells,

And found a supper somewhere else.

MORAL.

From this short fable, youth may learn
Their real interest to discern,

That brother should not strive with brother,
And worry and oppress each other ;

But, joined in unity and peace,

Their mutual happiness increase:

Pleased when each others’ faults they hide,
And in their virtues feel a pride.

FABLE XCVI.

THE FOX AND THE SICK LION.

Ir was reported that the Lion was sick, and the beasts

were made to believe that they could not make their court