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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!"