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THE JAY AND THE FROG
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Moral

When proud Ambition seeks to rise
From its accustomed ways;
Oft jealousies will jeer and peck,
As did the haughty jays.

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To all who chance to read this tale,
Its simple warning speaks,—
"Ye who aspire to sphere's aloft—
Beware of vicious beaks!"