November 1, 2007

Item of the Day: Gay’s Fables [1733]

Full Title: Fables by the late Mr. Gay. In Two Volumes. Glasgow: Printed for Alexander M’ckenzie, [1733].
INTRODUCTION TO THE FABLES.
VOLUME THE FIRST.
The SHEPHERD and the PHILOSOPHER.
Remote from cities liv’d a Swain,
Unvex’d with all the cares of gain;
His head was silver’d o’er with age,
And long experience made him sage;
In summer’s heat and winter’s cold
He fed his [...]