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To Monseigneur, The Duke De Bourgogne; Who Had Requested Of M. De La Fontaine A Fable Which Should Be Called "The Cat And The Mouse. "
To please a youthful prince, whom Fame / A temple in my writings vows, / What fable answers to the name, / "The Cat and Mouse? " / Shall I in verse the fair present, / With softest look but hard intent, / Who serves the hearts her charms entice / As does the cat its captive mice? / Or make my subject Fortune's sport? / She treats the friends that make her court, / And follow closest her advice, / As treats the cat the silly mice.