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A braggart, lover of the chase,
Had lost a dog of valued race,
And thought him in a lion's maw.
He ask'd a shepherd whom he saw,
'Pray show me, man, the robber's place,
And I'll have justice in the case.'
''Tis on this mountain side,'
The shepherd man replied.
'The tribute of a sheep I pay,
Each month, and where I please I stray.'
Out leap'd the lion as he spake,
And came that way, with agile feet.
The braggart, prompt his flight to take,
Cried, 'Jove, O grant a safe retreat!'
A danger close at hand
Of courage is the test.
It shows us who will stand -
Whose legs will run their best.
The Lion And The Hunter
Jean De La Fontaine
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Poem topics: courage, dog, justice, lost, pray, grant, sheep, flight, place, mountain, stand, stray, thought, chase, danger, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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