09. THE THIEF AND THE DOG.
A prowling Thief, on plunder bent,
To rob a house at midnight went,
But roused an honest watchful Dog,
Whose barking much annoyed the rogue:
With bread he sought the Dog's alliance,
But still he fiercer barked defiance,
As if, by insult more enraged,
He felt his honour was engaged:
"You dirty scoundrel," barked the brute,
"To think a gift would make me mute!
Men may be bribed, but Dogs disdain
To barter honesty for gain."
A faithful servant scorns a bribe.
Virtue is the only nobility.
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A prowling Thief, on plunder bent,
To rob a house at midnight went,
But roused an honest watchful Dog,
Whose barking much annoyed the rogue:
With bread he sought the Dog's alliance,
But still he fiercer barked defiance,
As if, by insult more enraged,
He felt his honour was engaged:
"You dirty scoundrel," barked the brute,
"To think a gift would make me mute!
Men may be bribed, but Dogs disdain
To barter honesty for gain."
A faithful servant scorns a bribe.
Virtue is the only nobility.
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