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While one philosopher affirms	B
That by our senses we're deceived	C
Another swears in plainest terms	B
The senses are to be believed	C
The twain are right Philosophy	D
Correctly calls us dupes whene'er	E
Upon mere senses we rely	F
But when we wisely rectify	F
The raw report of eye or ear	E
By distance medium circumstance	G
In real knowledge we advance	G
These things hath nature wisely plann'd	H
Whereof the proof shall be at hand	H
I see the sun its dazzling glow	I
Seems but a hand breadth here below	I
But should I see it in its home	J
That azure star besprinkled dome	J
Of all the universe the eye	F
Its blaze would fill one half the sky	F
The powers of trigonometry	E
Have set my mind from blunder free	E
The ignorant believe it flat	K
I make it round instead of that	K
I fasten fix on nothing ground it	L
And send the earth to travel round it	L
In short I contradict my eyes	M
And sift the truth from constant lies	M
The mind not hasty at conclusion	N
Resists the onset of illusion	N
Forbids the sense to get the better	E
And ne'er believes it to the letter	E
Between my eyes perhaps too ready	E
And ears as much or more too slow	I
A judge with balance true and steady	E
I come at last some things to know	I
Thus when the water crooks a stick	O
My reason straightens it as quick	O
Kind Mistress Reason foe of error	E
And best of shields from needless terror	E
The creed is common with our race	P
The moon contains a woman's face	P
True No Whence then the notion	N
From mountain top to ocean	N
The roughness of that satellite	Q
Its hills and dales of every grade	R
Effect a change of light and shade	R
Deceptive to our feeble sight	Q
So that besides the human face	P
All sorts of creatures one might trace	P
Indeed a living beast I ween	N
Has lately been by England seen	N
All duly placed the telescope	S
And keen observers full of hope	S
An animal entirely new	N
In that fair planet came to view	N
Abroad and fast the wonder flew	N
Some change had taken place on high	F
Presaging earthly changes nigh	F
Perhaps indeed it might betoken	N
The wars that had already broken	N
Out wildly o'er the Continent	T
The king to see the wonder went	U
As patron of the sciences	V
No right to go more plain than his	W
To him in turn distinct and clear	E
This lunar monster did appear	E
A mouse between the lenses caged	X
Had caused these wars so fiercely waged	X
No doubt the happy English folks	Y
Laugh'd at it as the best of jokes	Y
How soon will Mars afford the chance	G
For like amusements here in France	G
He makes us reap broad fields of glory	E
Our foes may fear the battle ground	Z
For us it is no sooner found	Z
Than Louis with fresh laurels crown'd	Z
Bears higher up our country's story	E
The daughters too of Memory	E
The Pleasures and the Graces	W
Still show their cheering faces	V
We wish for peace but do not sigh	F
The English Charles the secret knows	A2
To make the most of his repose	A2
And more than this he'll know the way	B2
By valour working sword in hand	H
To bring his sea encircled land	H
To share the fight it only sees to day	B2
Yet could he but this quarrel quell	C2
What incense clouds would grateful swell	C2
What deed more worthy of his fame	D2
Augustus Julius pray which Caesar's name	D2
Shines now on story's page with purest flame	D2
O people happy in your sturdy hearts	E2
Say when shall Peace pack up these bloody darts	E2
And send us all like you to softer arts	E2

Jean De La Fontaine

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