| | Poem Title | First Lines | Period | # Lines | # Reads |
| 1: | A Confidant Without Knowing It; Or The Stratagem | NO master sage, nor orator I know, | | 228 | 395 |
| 2: | Against The Hard To Suit. | Were I a pet of fair Calliope, | | 66 | 409 |
| 3: | Alice Sick | SICK, Alice grown, and fearing dire event, | | 16 | 405 |
| 4: | An Animal In The Moon (Prose Fable) | Whilst one philosopher tells us that men are constantly the dupes of their own senses, | | 3 | 408 |
| 5: | An Animal In The Moon. | While one philosopher affirms | | 95 | 405 |
| 6: | An Imitation Of Anacreon | PAINTER in Paphos and Cythera famed | | 12 | 431 |
| 7: | Another Imitation Of Anacreon | PRONE, on my couch I calmly slept | | 28 | 423 |
| 8: | Belphegor Addressed To Miss De Chammelay | YOUR name with ev'ry pleasure here I place, | | 305 | 368 |
| 9: | Daphnis And Alcimadure. | Offspring of her to whom, to-day, | | 111 | 370 |
| 10: | Death And The Dying. | Death never taketh by surprise | | 68 | 389 |
| 11: | Death And The Unfortunate.[1] | A poor unfortunate, from day to day, | | 20 | 411 |
| 12: | Death And The Woodman.[1] | A poor wood-chopper, with his fagot load, | | 20 | 436 |
| 13: | Democritus And The People Of Abdera (Prose Fable) | How I have always hated the opinions of the mob! | | 7 | 415 |
| 14: | Democritus And The People Of Abdera. | How do I hate the tide of vulgar thought! | | 70 | 421 |
| 15: | Discord. | The goddess Discord, having made, on high, | | 38 | 397 |
| 16: | Education (Prose Fable) | Once upon a time there were two dogs, one named Lurcher and the other Cæsar. | | 4 | 361 |
| 17: | Education. | Lapluck and Caesar brothers were, descended | | 31 | 371 |
| 18: | Education. | Lapluck and Cæsar brothers were, descended | | 29 | 398 |
| 19: | Epilogue To Book XI. | Tis thus, by crystal fount, my muse hath sung, | | 25 | 353 |
| 20: | Epilogue. | Here check we our career: | | 17 | 352 |
| 21: | Epitaph Of La Fontaine - Made By Himself | JOHN, as he came, so went away, | | 6 | 382 |
| 22: | Feronde | IN Eastern climes, by means considered new; | | 214 | 360 |
| 23: | Fortune And The Boy. | Beside a well, uncurb'd and deep, | | 23 | 358 |
| 24: | Friar Philip's Geese | IF these gay tales give pleasure to the FAIR, | | 164 | 359 |
| 25: | Hans Carvel's Ring | HANS CARVEL took, when weak and late in life; | | 32 | 389 |
| 26: | Joconde | In Lombardy's fair land, in days of yore, | | 456 | 362 |
| 27: | Jupiter And The Farmer. | Of yore, a farm had Jupiter to rent; | | 36 | 392 |
| 28: | Jupiter And The Passenger. | How danger would the gods enrich, | | 38 | 357 |
| 29: | Jupiter And The Thunderbolts (Prose Fable) | One day, as Jupiter seated on high looked down upon the world, | | 5 | 343 |
| 30: | Jupiter And The Thunderbolts. | Said Jupiter, one day, | | 73 | 403 |
| 31: | King Candaules And The Doctor Of Laws | IN life oft ills from self-imprudence spring; | | 342 | 365 |
| 32: | Love And Folly (Prose Fable) | Everything to do with love is mystery. Cupid's arrows, his quiver, | | 4 | 364 |
| 33: | Love And Folly. | Love bears a world of mystery | | 39 | 407 |
| 34: | Neighbour Peter's Mare | A CERTAIN pious rector (John his name), | | 198 | 411 |
| 35: | Nicaise | TO serve the shop as 'prentice was the lot; | | 222 | 403 |
| 36: | Nothing Too Much. | Look where we will throughout creation, | | 38 | 354 |
| 37: | Party Strife. | Among the beasts a feud arose. | | 41 | 410 |
| 38: | Philomel And Progne. | From home and city spires, one day, | | 24 | 425 |
| 39: | Phoebus And Boreas. | Old Boreas and the sun, one day | | 53 | 388 |
| 40: | Richard Minutolo | IN ev'ry age, at Naples, we are told, | | 226 | 405 |
| 41: | Simonides Preserved By The Gods.[1] | Three sorts there are, as Malherbe says, | | 84 | 330 |
| 42: | Sister Jane | WHEN Sister Jane, who had produced a child, | | 8 | 374 |
| 43: | St. Julian's Prayer | TO charms and philters, secret spells and prayers, | | 372 | 380 |
| 44: | The Acorn And The Pumpkin (Prose Fable) | What God does is done well. | | 5 | 565 |
| 45: | The Acorn and the Pumpkin. | Once there was a country bumpkin | | 24 | 395 |
| 46: | The Acorn And The Pumpkin. | God's works are good. This truth to prove | | 39 | 402 |
| 47: | The Amorous Courtesan | DAN CUPID, though the god of soft amour, | | 325 | 379 |
| 48: | The Animals Sending Tribute To Alexander. | A fable flourished with antiquity | | 91 | 390 |
| 49: | The Animals Sick Of The Plague (Prose Fable) | One of those dread evils which spread terror far and wide, | | 6 | 378 |
| 50: | The Animals Sick Of The Plague. | The sorest ill that Heaven hath | | 82 | 415 |
| 51: | The Ape (Prose Fable) | There is an ape in Paris to whom a wife was once given; | | 4 | 411 |
| 52: | The Ape. | There is an ape in Paris, | | 15 | 385 |
| 53: | The Arbiter, The Almoner, And The Hermit. | Three saints, for their salvation jealous, | | 79 | 390 |
| 54: | The Arbiter, The Hospitaller, And The Hermit (Prose Fable) | Three saints, all equally zealous and anxious for their salvation, | | 12 | 408 |
| 55: | The Ass And His Masters. | A gardener's ass complain'd to Destiny | | 32 | 381 |
| 56: | The Ass And The Dog. | Dame Nature, our respected mother, | | 45 | 434 |
| 57: | The Ass and the Dog. | Along the road an ass and dog | | 40 | 370 |
| 58: | The Ass And The Little Dog. | One's native talent from its course | | 36 | 371 |
| 59: | The Ass Carrying Relics. | An ass, with relics for his load, | | 14 | 338 |
| 60: | The Ass Dressed In The Lion'S Skin. | Clad in a lion's shaggy hide, | | 16 | 436 |
| 61: | The Ass In The Lion's Skin. | An Ass in The Lion's skin arrayed | | 13 | 401 |
| 62: | The Ass Loaded With Sponges, And The Ass Loaded With Salt. | A man, whom I shall call an ass-eteer, | | 36 | 405 |
| 63: | The Astrologer Who Stumbled Into A Well. | To an astrologer who fell | | 53 | 423 |
| 64: | The Avaricious Wife And Tricking Gallant | WHO knows the world will never feel surprise, | | 68 | 362 |
| 65: | The Bat And The Two Weasels. | A blundering bat once stuck her head | | 45 | 778 |
| 66: | The Bat, The Bush, And The Duck. | A bush, duck, and bat, having found that in trade, | | 40 | 395 |
| 67: | The Battle Of The Rats And The Weasels. | The weasels live, no more than cats, | | 63 | 415 |
| 68: | The Bear And The Amateur Gardener. | A certain mountain bear, unlick'd and rude, | | 77 | 398 |
| 69: | The Bear And The Two Companions. | Two fellows, needing funds, and bold, | | 50 | 401 |
| 70: | The Bird Wounded By An Arrow. | A bird, with plumèd arrow shot, | | 10 | 881 |
| 71: | The Bitch And Her Friend. | A bitch, that felt her time approaching, | | 24 | 889 |
| 72: | The Boy And The Schoolmaster. | Wise counsel is not always wise, | | 29 | 379 |
| 73: | The Bucking-Tub | IF once in love, you'll soon invention find | | 82 | 380 |
| 74: | The Burier And His Comrade. | A close-fist had his money hoarded | | 52 | 404 |
| 75: | The Camel And The Floating Sticks. | The first who saw the humpback'd camel | | 52 | 401 |
| 76: | The Carter In The Mire. | The Phaëton who drove a load of hay | | 42 | 382 |
| 77: | The Case Of Conscience | THOSE who in fables deal, bestow at ease | | 144 | 371 |
| 78: | The Cat And The Fox (Prose Fable) | The cat and the fox, in the manner of good little saints, | | 8 | 475 |
| 79: | The Cat And The Fox. | The Cat and the Fox once took a walk together, | | 24 | 455 |
| 80: | The Cat And The Fox. | The cat and fox, when saints were all the rage, | | 48 | 362 |
| 81: | The Cat And The Old Rat. | A story-writer of our sort | | 66 | 400 |
| 82: | The Cat And The Rat. | Four creatures, wont to prowl, | | 75 | 429 |
| 83: | The Cat And The Thrush. | A thrush that sang one rustic ode | | 50 | 381 |
| 84: | The Cat And The Two Sparrows. | Contemporary with a sparrow tame | | 42 | 365 |
| 85: | The Cat Metamorphosed Into A Woman. | A bachelor caress'd his cat, | | 42 | 965 |
| 86: | The Cat, The Weasel, And The Young Rabbit. | John Rabbit's palace under ground | | 57 | 382 |
| 87: | The Charlatan. | The world has never lack'd its charlatans, | | 54 | 385 |
| 88: | The City Mouse And The Country Mouse. | A City Mouse, with ways polite, | | 18 | 433 |
| 89: | The City Rat And The Country Rat.[1] | A city rat, one night, | | 28 | 423 |
| 90: | The Clyster | IF truth give pleasure, surely we should try; | | 110 | 381 |
| 91: | The Coach And The Fly. | Upon a sandy, uphill road, | | 46 | 392 |
| 92: | The Cobbler | WE'RE told, that once a cobbler, BLASE by name; | | 46 | 389 |
| 93: | The Cobbler And The Financier (Prose Fable) | There was once a cobbler who was so light hearted that he sang from morning to night. | | 10 | 381 |
| 94: | The Cobbler And The Financier. | A cobbler sang from morn till night; | | 66 | 366 |
| 95: | The Cock And The Fox. | Upon a tree there mounted guard | | 39 | 397 |
| 96: | The Cock And The Pearl. | A cock scratch'd up, one day, | | 12 | 371 |
| 97: | The Cockerel, The Cat, And The Young Mouse. | A youthful mouse, not up to trap, | | 55 | 356 |
| 98: | The Companions Of Ulysses (Prose Fable) | That great hero-wanderer Ulysses had been with his companions driven | | 10 | 348 |
| 99: | The Companions Of Ulysses. | Dear prince, a special favourite of the skies, | | 136 | 380 |
| 100: | The Contract | THE husband's dire mishap, and silly maid, | | 122 | 310 |
| 101: | The Convent Gardener Of Lamporechio | WHEN Cupid with his dart, would hearts assail, | | 204 | 367 |
| 102: | The Council Held By The Rats | Old Rodilard, a certain cat, | | 43 | 533 |
| 103: | The Country Justice | TWO lawyers to their cause so well adhered, | | 14 | 410 |
| 104: | The Countryman And The Serpent. | A countryman, as Aesop certifies, | | 27 | 378 |
| 105: | The Countryman Who Sought His Calf | A COUNTRYMAN, one day, his calf had lost, | | 16 | 378 |
| 106: | The Cradle | NEAR Rome, of yore, close to the Florence road, | | 182 | 387 |
| 107: | The Cudgelled And Contented Cuckold | Some time ago from Rome, in smart array, | | 156 | 372 |
| 108: | The Cunning Fox. | A fox once practised, 'tis believed, | | 32 | 375 |
| 109: | The Curate And The Corpse. | A dead man going slowly, sadly, | | 42 | 420 |
| 110: | The Dairy-Woman And The Pail Of Milk (Prose Fable) | A young country woman named Perrette set out one morning from her little | | 4 | 396 |
| 111: | The Dairywoman And The Pot Of Milk. | A pot of milk upon her cushion'd crown, | | 57 | 344 |
| 112: | The Devil In Hell | HE surely must be wrong who loving fears; | | 210 | 387 |
| 113: | The Devil Of Pope-Fig Island | BY master Francis clearly 'tis expressed: | | 184 | 347 |
| 114: | The Doctors. | The selfsame patient put to test | | 12 | 326 |
| 115: | The Dog And Cat. | A dog and cat, messmates for life, | | 14 | 454 |
| 116: | The Dog And His Image. | A foolish Dog, who carried in his jaw | | | 364 |
| 117: | The Dog And His Master's Dinner. | Our eyes are not made proof against the fair, | | 39 | 351 |
| 118: | The Dog That Carried His Master's Dinner. | Our eyes are not made proof against the fair, | | 48 | 390 |
| 119: | The Dog That Dropped The Substance For The Shadow. | This world is full of shadow-chasers, | | 10 | 318 |
| 120: | The Dog Who Carried His Master's Dinner (Prose Fable) | Our hands are no more proof against gold than our eyes are proof against beauty. | | 4 | 356 |
| 121: | The Dog Whose Ears Were Cropped. | What have I done, I'd like to know, | | 27 | 385 |
| 122: | The Dog With His Ears Cropped (Prose Fable) | What have I done to be treated in this way? | | 5 | 351 |
| 123: | The Dove And The Ant. | An Ant who in a brook would drink | | 24 | 380 |
| 124: | The Dove And The Ant. | The same instruction we may get | | 22 | 467 |
| 125: | The Dove And The Ant. | A dove came to a brook to drink, | | 20 | 358 |
| 126: | The Dragon With Many Heads, And The Dragon With Many Tails.[1] | An envoy of the Porte Sublime, | | 31 | 415 |
| 127: | The Dress-Maker | A CLOISTERED nun had a lover | | 27 | 343 |
| 128: | The Drunkard And His Wife. | Each has his fault, to which he clings | | 32 | 334 |
| 129: | The Eagle And The Beetle. | John Rabbit, by Dame Eagle chased, | | 71 | 420 |
| 130: | The Eagle And The Magpie. | The eagle, through the air a queen, | | 42 | 378 |
| 131: | The Eagle And The Owl. | The eagle and the owl, resolved to cease | | 47 | 399 |
| 132: | The Eagle, The Wild Sow, And The Cat. | A certain hollow tree | | 52 | 387 |
| 133: | The Ear-Maker And The Mould-Mender | WHEN William went from home (a trader styled): | | 218 | 376 |
| 134: | The Ears Of The Hare. | Some beast with horns did gore | | 25 | 357 |
| 135: | The Earthen Pot And The Iron Pot. | An iron pot proposed | | 33 | 397 |
| 136: | The Eel Pie | HOWEVER exquisite we BEAUTY find, | | 132 | 346 |
| 137: | The Elephant And Jupiter's Ape (Prose Fable) | Once in the olden times the elephant and the rhinoceros disputed | | 10 | 391 |
| 138: | The Elephant And The Ape Of Jupiter. | Twixt elephant and beast of horned nose | | 51 | 357 |
| 139: | The English Fox. | Sound reason and a tender heart | | 94 | 369 |
| 140: | The Ephesian Matron | IF there's a tale more common than the rest, | | 196 | 375 |
| 141: | The Eye Of The Master. | A stag took refuge from the chase | | 54 | 391 |
| 142: | The Faithless Depositary. | Thanks to Memory's daughters nine, | | 116 | 352 |
| 143: | The Falcon | I RECOLLECT, that lately much I blamed, | | 243 | 387 |
| 144: | The Falcon And The Capon. | You often hear a sweet seductive call: | | 56 | 392 |
| 145: | The Farmer, The Dog, And The Fox. | The wolf and fox are neighbours strange: | | 83 | 396 |
| 146: | The Fishes And The Cormorant. | No pond nor pool within his haunt | | 67 | 373 |
| 147: | The Fishes And The Shepherd Who Played The Flute. | Thrysis - who for his Annette dear | | 49 | 345 |
| 148: | The Fly And The Ant. | A fly and ant, upon a sunny bank, | | 54 | 366 |
| 149: | The Fly And The Game. | A knight of powder-horn and shot | | 37 | 385 |
| 150: | The Fool And The Sage. | A fool pursued, with club and stone, | | 22 | 342 |
| 151: | The Fool Who Sold Wisdom. | Of fools come never in the reach: | | 36 | 345 |
| 152: | The Fool who Sold Wisdom. | A fool, in town, did wisdom cry; | | 27 | 378 |
| 153: | The Forest And The Woodcutter (Prose Fable) | A woodcutter had broken or lost the handle of his hatchet and found it | | 3 | 408 |
| 154: | The Fortune-Tellers (Prose Fable) | Reputations may be made by the merest chances, and yet reputations control the fashions. | | 8 | 343 |
| 155: | The Fortune-Tellers. | Tis oft from chance opinion takes its rise, | | 67 | 389 |
| 156: | The Fowler, The Hawk, And The Lark. | From wrongs of wicked men we draw | | 23 | 391 |
| 157: | The Fox And The Bust. | The great are like the maskers of the stage; | | 15 | 370 |
| 158: | The Fox And The Goat. | A fox once journey'd, and for company | | 35 | 375 |
| 159: | The Fox And The Grapes. | Rosy and ripe, and ready to box, | | 9 | 421 |
| 160: | The Fox And The Grapes. | A fox, almost with hunger dying, | | 10 | 384 |
| 161: | The Fox And The Stork. | Old Father Fox, who was known to be mean, | | 24 | 433 |
| 162: | The Fox And The Stork. | Old Mister Fox was at expense, one day, | | 36 | 345 |
| 163: | The Fox And The Turkeys. | Against a robber fox, a tree | | 32 | 373 |
| 164: | The Fox And The Young Turkeys (Prose Fable) | Some young turkeys were lucky enough to find a tree which served them | | 4 | 358 |
| 165: | The Fox With His Tail Cut Off. | A cunning old fox, of plundering habits, | | 20 | 390 |
| 166: | The Fox, The Flies, And The Hedgehog. | A fox, old, subtle, vigilant, and sly, | | 32 | 380 |
| 167: | The Fox, The Monkey, And The Animals. | Left kingless by the lion's death, | | 36 | 353 |
| 168: | The Fox, The Wolf, And The Horse. | A fox, though young, by no means raw, | | 35 | 348 |
| 169: | The Frog And The Rat. | They to bamboozle are inclined, | | 54 | 324 |
| 170: | The Frog That Wished To Be As Big As The Ox.[1] | The tenant of a bog, | | 20 | 349 |
| 171: | The Frog Who Wished To Be As Big As The Ox. | There was a little Fog | | 12 | 394 |
| 172: | The Frogs Asking A King. | A certain commonwealth aquatic, | | 43 | 377 |
| 173: | The Funeral Of The Lioness. | The lion's consort died: | | 80 | 382 |
| 174: | The Gardener And His Landlord (Prose Fable) | A man who had a great fondness for gardening, | | 15 | 325 |
| 175: | The Gardener And His Lord. | A lover of gardens, half cit and half clown, | | 73 | 324 |
| 176: | The Gascon | I AM always inclined to suspect | | 38 | 349 |
| 177: | The Gascon Punished | A GASCON (being heard one day to swear, | | 104 | 351 |
| 178: | The Glutton | A STURGEON, once, a glutton famed was led | | 12 | 354 |
| 179: | The Gods Wishing To Instruct A Son Of Jupiter (Prose Fable) | Jupiter had a son, who, sensible of his lofty origin, | | 9 | 360 |
| 180: | The Gods Wishing To Instruct A Son Of Jupiter. | To Jupiter was born a son, | | 61 | 388 |
| 181: | The Golden Pitcher. | A father once, whose sons were two, | | 53 | 360 |
| 182: | The Gout And The Spider. | When Nature angrily turn'd out | | 54 | 352 |
| 183: | The Grasshopper And The Ant. | The Grasshopper, singing | | 24 | 401 |
| 184: | The Grasshopper And The Ant.[1] | A Grasshopper gay | | 26 | 365 |
| 185: | The Hare And The Frogs. | Once in his bed deep mused the hare, | | 36 | 352 |
| 186: | The Hare And The Partridge (Prose Fable) | Never mock at other people's misfortune; | | 4 | 368 |
| 187: | The Hare And The Partridge. | Beware how you deride | | 40 | 347 |
| 188: | The Hare And The Partridge. | A field in common share | | 34 | 380 |
| 189: | The Hare And The Tortoise. | Said the Tortoise one day to the Hare: | | 25 | 356 |
| 190: | The Hare And The Tortoise. | To win a race, the swiftness of a dart | | 44 | 323 |
| 191: | The Head And The Tail Of The Serpent. | Two parts the serpent has | | 42 | 341 |
| 192: | The Heifer, The Goat, And The Sheep, In Company With The Lion.[1] | The heifer, the goat, and their sister the sheep, | | 19 | 392 |
| 193: | The Hen With The Golden Eggs. | To this lesson in greed, | | 14 | 472 |
| 194: | The Hen With The Golden Eggs. | How avarice loseth all, | | 16 | 454 |
| 195: | The Hermit | WHEN Venus and Hypocrisy combine, | | 198 | 322 |
| 196: | The Heron Who Was Hard To Please. | A long-legged Heron, with long neck and beak, | | 22 | 365 |
| 197: | The Heron. | One day, - no matter when or where, | | 51 | 400 |
| 198: | The Hog, The Goat, And The Sheep. | A goat, a sheep, and porker fat, | | 40 | 358 |
| 199: | The Hornets And The Bees. | The artist by his work is known. | | 44 | 363 |
| 200: | The Horoscope (Prose Fable) | Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it. | | 8 | 350 |
| 201: | The Horoscope. | On death we mortals often run, | | 109 | 352 |
| 202: | The Horse And The Ass. | In such a world, all men, of every grade, | | 18 | 362 |
| 203: | The Horse And The Wolf. | A wolf, what time the thawing breeze | | 52 | 403 |
| 204: | The Horse and the Wolf. | A wolf who, fall'n on needy days, | | 40 | 411 |
| 205: | The Horse Wishing To Be Revenged Upon The Stag. | The horses have not always been | | 42 | 357 |
| 206: | The Husband, The Wife, And The Thief. | A man that loved, - and loved his wife, | | 46 | 399 |
| 207: | The Husband-Confessor | When Francis (named the first) o'er Frenchmen reign'd, | | 46 | 393 |
| 208: | The Ill-Married. | If worth, were not a thing more rare | | 62 | 359 |
| 209: | The Impossible Thing | A DEMON, blacker in his skin than heart, | | 92 | 350 |
| 210: | The Indiscreet Confessions | FAMED Paris ne'er within its walls had got, | | 128 | 360 |
| 211: | The Ingratitude And Injustice Of Men Towards Fortune. | A trader on the sea to riches grew; | | 53 | 364 |
| 212: | The Jay In The Feathers Of The Peacock. | A peacock moulted: soon a jay was seen | | 16 | 351 |
| 213: | The Jealous Husband | A CERTAIN husband who, from jealous fear, | | 42 | 381 |
| 214: | The Joker And The Fishes. | Some seek for jokers; I avoid. | | 42 | 372 |
| 215: | The Joker and the Fishes. | A joker at a banker's table, | | 35 | 406 |
| 216: | The King, The Kite, And The Falconer. | The gods, for that themselves are good, | | 139 | 299 |
| 217: | The Kiss Returned | AS WILLIAM walking with his wife was seen, | | 20 | 358 |
| 218: | The Kite And The Nightingale. | A noted thief, the kite, | | 26 | 332 |
| 219: | The Lark And Her Young Ones With The Owner Of A Field. | Depend upon yourself alone, | | 81 | 337 |
| 220: | The League Of Rats (Prose Fable) | There was once a mouse who lived in terrible fear of a cat | | 9 | 385 |
| 221: | The League Of The Rats. | A mouse was once in mortal fear | | 58 | 374 |
| 222: | The Lion And The Ass Hunting. | The king of animals, with royal grace, | | 30 | 353 |
| 223: | The Lion And The Gnat. | The Lion once said to the Gnat: "You brat, | | 36 | 349 |
| 224: | The Lion And The Gnat. | Go, paltry insect, nature's meanest brat!' | | 46 | 364 |
| 225: | The Lion And The Hunter. | A braggart, lover of the chase, | | 18 | 337 |
| 226: | The Lion and the Monkey. | The lion, for his kingdom's sake, | | 40 | 364 |
| 227: | The Lion And The Rat. | To show to all your kindness, it behoves: | | 24 | 374 |
| 228: | The Lion Beaten By The Man. | A picture once was shown, | | 12 | 353 |
| 229: | The Lion Going To War. | The lion had an enterprise in hand; | | 21 | 383 |
| 230: | The Lion Grown Old. | A lion, mourning, in his age, the wane | | 16 | 377 |
| 231: | The Lion In Love. | Sévigné, type of every grace | | 71 | 351 |
| 232: | The Lion's Court. | His lion majesty would know, one day, | | 52 | 372 |
| 233: | The Lion, The Monkey, And The Two Asses (Prose Fable) | King Lion, thinking that he would govern better if he took a few lessons in moral philosophy, | | 10 | 360 |
| 234: | The Lion, The Monkey, And The Two Asses. | The lion, for his kingdom's sake, | | 97 | 347 |
| 235: | The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox | A Lion, old, and impotent with gout, | | 40 | 375 |
| 236: | The Lion, The Wolf, And The Fox. | A lion, old, and impotent with gout, | | 50 | 379 |
| 237: | The Lion. | Some time ago, a sultan Leopard, | | 65 | 394 |
| 238: | The Lioness And The Bear. | The lioness had lost her young; | | 33 | 367 |
| 239: | The Lioness And The She-Bear (Prose Fable) | Mamma lioness had lost one of her cubs. | | 9 | 389 |
| 240: | The Little Bell | HOW weak is man! how changeable his mind! | | 74 | 369 |
| 241: | The Little Dog | THE key, which opes the chest of hoarded gold. | | 569 | 387 |
| 242: | The Little Fish And The Fisher. | A little fish will grow, | | 29 | 360 |
| 243: | The Lobster And Her Daughter. | The wise, sometimes, as lobsters do, | | 37 | 371 |
| 244: | The Magick Cup | THE worst of ills, with jealousy compared, | | 460 | 361 |
| 245: | The Magnificent | SOME wit, handsome form and gen'rous mind; | | 226 | 366 |
| 246: | The Maid. | A certain maid, as proud as fair, | | 60 | 356 |
| 247: | The Maiden (Prose Fable) | A certain damsel of considerable pride made up her mind to choose a husband | | 5 | 377 |
| 248: | The Man And His Image (Prose Fable) | Once there was a man who loved himself very much, | | 4 | 341 |
| 249: | The Man And His Image.[1] | A man, who had no rivals in the love | | 39 | 342 |
| 250: | The Man And The Adder. | You villain!' cried a man who found | | 125 | 317 |
| 251: | The Man And The Flea. | Impertinent, we tease and weary Heaven | | 16 | 360 |
| 252: | The Man And The Wooden God. | A pagan kept a god of wood, | | 31 | 364 |
| 253: | The Man Between Two Ages, And His Two Mistresses.[1] | A man of middle age, whose hair | | 34 | 361 |
| 254: | The Man Who Ran After Fortune And The Man Who Waited For Her In His Bed (Prose Fable) | Who does not run after Fortune? | | 10 | 355 |
| 255: | The Man Who Ran After Fortune, And The Man Who Waited For Her In His Bed. | Who joins not with his restless race | | 116 | 320 |
| 256: | The Mandrake | FLORENTINE we now design to show; | | 336 | 501 |
| 257: | The Members And The Belly. | Perhaps, had I but shown due loyalty, | | 54 | 387 |
| 258: | The Merchant, The Noble, The Shepherd, And The King's Son. | Four voyagers to parts unknown, | | 62 | 350 |
| 259: | The Mice And The Owl. | Beware of saying, 'Lend an ear,' | | 52 | 329 |
| 260: | The Mice and the Owl. | A pine was by a woodman fell'd, | | 40 | 365 |
| 261: | The Mice And The Screech-Owl (Prose Fable) | It is not always wise to say to your company, "Just listen to this joke" | | 7 | 340 |
| 262: | The Miller, His Son And The Ass. | A Miller and Son once set out for the fair, | | 48 | 390 |
| 263: | The Miller, His Son, And The Ass | Because the arts are plainly birthright matters, | | 88 | 375 |
| 264: | The Miser And The Monkey. | A man amass'd. The thing, we know, | | 47 | 367 |
| 265: | The Miser Who Had Lost His Treasure. | Tis use that constitutes possession. | | 55 | 368 |
| 266: | The Mogul's Dream. | Long since, a Mogul saw, in dream, | | 53 | 360 |
| 267: | The Monkey And The Cat (Prose Fable) | Bertrand was a monkey and Ratter was a cat. | | 6 | 392 |
| 268: | The Monkey And The Cat. | Jocko the Monkey, Mouser - his chum, the Cat, | | 28 | 377 |
| 269: | The Monkey And The Cat. | Sly Bertrand and Ratto in company sat, | | 36 | 347 |
| 270: | The Monkey And The Dolphin. | It was the custom of the Greeks | | 45 | 393 |
| 271: | The Monkey And The Leopard. | A monkey and a leopard were | | 48 | 393 |
| 272: | The Monks Of Catalonia | TO you, my friends, allow me to detail, | | 226 | 393 |
| 273: | The Mountain In Labour. | A mountain was in travail pang; | | 15 | 378 |
| 274: | The Mouse Metamorphosed Into A Maid. | A mouse once from an owl's beak fell; | | 104 | 363 |
| 275: | The Mule Boasting Of His Genealogy. | A prelate's mule of noble birth was proud, | | 15 | 404 |
| 276: | The Muleteer | The Lombard princes oft pervade my mind; | | 142 | 341 |
| 277: | The Nightingale | NO easy matter 'tis to hold, | | 301 | 387 |
| 278: | The Oak And The Reed. | The oak one day address'd the reed: | | 44 | 386 |
| 279: | The Old Cat And The Young Mouse. | To please a youthful prince, whom Fame | | 59 | 370 |
| 280: | The Old Cat and the Young Mouse. | A young and inexperienced mouse | | 33 | 384 |
| 281: | The Old Man And His Sons. | All power is feeble with dissension: | | 54 | 376 |
| 282: | The Old Man And The Ass. | An old man, riding on his ass, | | 19 | 364 |
| 283: | The Old Man And The Three Young Ones. | A man was planting at fourscore. | | 49 | 432 |
| 284: | The Old Man's Calendar | OFT have I seen in wedlock with surprise, | | 246 | 367 |
| 285: | The Old Woman And Her Two Servants. | A beldam kept two spinning maids, | | 39 | 945 |
| 286: | The Oracle And The Atheist. | That man his Maker can deceive, | | 20 | 365 |
| 287: | The Oyster And The Litigants. | Two pilgrims on the sand espied | | 32 | 451 |
| 288: | The Oyster And The Pleaders (Prose Fable) | One day two pilgrims espied upon the sands of the shore an oyster | | 7 | 394 |
| 289: | The Pack-Saddle | A FAMOUS painter, jealous of his wife; | | 22 | 357 |
| 290: | The Partridge And The Cocks. | With a set of uncivil and turbulent cocks, | | 26 | 358 |
| 291: | The Pashaw And The Merchant. | A trading Greek, for want of law, | | 70 | 363 |
| 292: | The Peacock Complaining To Juno. | The peacock to the queen of heaven | | 36 | 379 |
| 293: | The Peasant And His Angry Lord | Once on a time, as hist'ry's page relates, | | 106 | 331 |
| 294: | The Peasant Of The Danube. | To judge no man by outside view, | | 110 | 356 |
| 295: | The Picture | SOLICITED I've been to give a tale, | | 246 | 356 |
| 296: | The Pitcher | THE simple Jane was sent to bring | | 33 | 366 |
| 297: | The Ploughman And His Sons. | The farmer's patient care and toil | | 22 | 376 |
| 298: | The Power Of Fable (Prose Fable) | In the old, vain, and fickle city of Athens, an orator, | | 7 | 330 |
| 299: | The Power Of Fables. | Can diplomatic dignity | | 88 | 360 |
| 300: | The Priest And The Corpse (Prose Fable) | There was a funeral. | | 5 | 355 |
| 301: | The Princess Betrothed To The King Of Garba | WHAT various ways in which a thing is told | | 768 | 355 |
| 302: | The Progress Of Wit | DIVERTING in extreme there is a play, | | 134 | 363 |
| 303: | The Psalter | ONCE more permit me, nuns, and this the last; | | 146 | 342 |
| 304: | The Quarrel Between The Dogs And The Cats And Between The Cats And The Mice (Prose Fable) | Discord has always reigned in the universe; of this our world furnishes | | 7 | 376 |
| 305: | The Quarrel Of The Dogs And Cats, And That Of The Cats And Mice. | Enthroned by an eternal law, | | 61 | 337 |
| 306: | The Quarrel of the Dogs and Cats. | In mansion deck'd with frieze and column, | | 37 | 359 |
| 307: | The Quid Pro Quo; Or The Mistakes | DAME FORTUNE often loves a laugh to raise, | | 200 | 329 |
| 308: | The Rabbits (Prose Fable) | When I have noticed how man acts at times, and how, in a thousand ways, | | 11 | 353 |
| 309: | The Rabbits. | While watching man in all his phases, | | 92 | 407 |
| 310: | The Rat And The Elephant (Prose Fable) | An uncommonly small rat was watching an uncommonly big elephant and sneering at the slowness of his steps. | | 3 | 398 |
| 311: | The Rat And The Elephant. | One's own importance to enhance, | | 37 | 425 |
| 312: | The Rat and the Elephant. | A rat, of quite the smallest size, | | 27 | 350 |
| 313: | The Rat And The Oyster | A country rat, of little brains, | | 46 | 449 |
| 314: | The Rat Retired From The World (Prose Fable) | The ancients had a legend which told of a certain rat who, | | 3 | 370 |
| 315: | The Rat Retired From The World. | The sage Levantines have a tale | | 43 | 348 |
| 316: | The Raven And The Fox. | Mr. Raven was perched upon a limb, | | 16 | 391 |
| 317: | The Raven And The Fox.[1] | | | 19 | 334 |
| 318: | The Raven Who Would Rival The Eagle. | An Eagle swooped from out the sky, | | 20 | 335 |
| 319: | The Raven Wishing To Imitate The Eagle. | The bird of Jove bore off a mutton, | | 32 | 345 |
| 320: | The Raven, The Gazelle, The Tortoise, And The Rat. | A temple I reserved you in my rhyme: | | 165 | 383 |
| 321: | The Rhemese | NO city I to Rheims would e'er prefer: | | 214 | 377 |
| 322: | The River Scamander | I'M now disposed to give a pretty tale; | | 142 | 345 |
| 323: | The Satyr And The Traveller. | Within a savage forest grot | | 28 | 308 |
| 324: | The Schoolboy, The Pedant, And The Owner Of A Garden (Prose Fable) | A youngster, who was doubly foolish and doubly a rogue | | 4 | 363 |
| 325: | The Schoolboy, The Pedant, And The Owner Of A Garden. | A boy who savour'd of his school, | | 46 | 374 |
| 326: | The Sculptor And The Statue Of Jupiter (Prose Fable) | Once a sculptor who saw for sale a block of marble was so struck | | 4 | 331 |
| 327: | The Sculptor And The Statue Of Jupiter. | A block of marble was so fine, | | 36 | 871 |
| 328: | The Scythian Philosopher (Prose Fable) | A certain austere philosopher of Scythia, | | 6 | 351 |
| 329: | The Scythian Philosopher. | A Scythian philosopher austere, | | 47 | 373 |
| 330: | The Serpent And The File. | A serpent, neighbour to a smith, | | 22 | 387 |
| 331: | The Servant Girl Justified | BOCCACE alone is not my only source; | | 123 | 320 |
| 332: | The Shepherd And His Dog. | A shepherd, with a single dog, | | 22 | 365 |
| 333: | The Shepherd And His Flock. | What! shall I lose them one by one, | | 46 | 365 |
| 334: | The Shepherd And The King. | Two demons at their pleasure share our being | | 82 | 347 |
| 335: | The Shepherd And The Lion. | Of fables judge not by their face; | | 52 | 345 |
| 336: | The Shepherd and the Lion. | The Fable Æsop tells is nearly this: | | 24 | 364 |
| 337: | The Shepherd And The Sea. | A shepherd, neighbour to the sea, | | 35 | 396 |
| 338: | The Sick Abbess | EXAMPLE often proves of sov'reign use; | | 108 | 347 |
| 339: | The Sick Lion And The Fox. | Sick in his den, we understand, | | 22 | 316 |
| 340: | The Sick Stag. | A stag, where stags abounded, | | 25 | 344 |
| 341: | The Spectacles | I LATELY vowed to leave the nuns alone, | | 216 | 396 |
| 342: | The Spider And The Swallow. | O Jupiter, whose fruitful brain, | | 41 | 346 |
| 343: | The Stag And The Vine. | A stag, by favour of a vine, | | 20 | 318 |
| 344: | The Stag Seeing Himself In The Water. | Beside a placid, crystal flood, | | 25 | 393 |
| 345: | The Sun And The Frogs. | Rejoicing on their tyrant's wedding-day, | | 19 | 334 |
| 346: | The Sun And The Frogs. | Long from the monarch of the stars | | 39 | 398 |
| 347: | The Sun And The Frogs. | Rejoicing on their tyrant's wedding-day, | | 19 | 364 |
| 348: | The Swallow And The Little Birds.[1] | By voyages in air, | | 72 | 338 |
| 349: | The Swan And The Cook. | The pleasures of a poultry yard | | 24 | 362 |
| 350: | The Thieves And The Ass.[1] | Two thieves, pursuing their profession, | | 19 | 303 |
| 351: | The Three Gossips' Wager | AS o'er their wine one day, three gossips sat, | | 351 | 348 |
| 352: | The Torrent And The River. | With mighty rush and roar, | | 28 | 336 |
| 353: | The Tortoise And The Two Ducks. | A light-brain'd tortoise, anciently, | | 42 | 394 |
| 354: | The Treasure And The Two Men. | A man whose credit fail'd, and what was worse, | | 50 | 333 |
| 355: | The Truckers | THE change of food enjoyment is to man; | | 180 | 351 |
| 356: | The Two Adventurers And The Talisman. | No flowery path to glory leads. | | 82 | 331 |
| 357: | The Two Asses. | Two asses tracking, t'other day, | | 34 | 354 |
| 358: | The Two Bulls And The Frog. | Two bulls engaged in shocking battle, | | 22 | 375 |
| 359: | The Two Cocks. | Two cocks in peace were living, when | | 41 | 356 |
| 360: | The Two Dogs And The Dead Ass. | The Virtues should be sisters, hand in hand, | | 54 | 354 |
| 361: | The Two Dogs and the Dead Ass. | Two lean and hungry mastiffs once espied | | 29 | 358 |
| 362: | The Two Doves. | Two doves once cherish'd for each other | | 107 | 395 |
| 363: | The Two Friends | AXIOCHUS, a handsome youth of old, | | 18 | 332 |
| 364: | The Two Friends. | Two friends, in Monomotapa, | | 35 | 322 |
| 365: | The Two Goats. | Since goats have browsed, by freedom fired, | | 44 | 398 |
| 366: | The Two Goats. | Two goats, who self-emancipated, | | 36 | 355 |
| 367: | The Two Mules (Prose Fable) | There were two heavily-laden mules making a journey together. | | 4 | 366 |
| 368: | The Two Mules. | Two mules were bearing on their backs, | | 22 | 313 |
| 369: | The Two Parrots, The King, And His Son. | Two parrots lived, a sire and son, | | 76 | 396 |
| 370: | The Two Rats, The Fox, And The Egg (Prose Fable) | Do not take it ill if, in these fables, | | 21 | 351 |
| 371: | The Two Rats, The Fox, And The Egg. | You, Iris, 'twere an easy task to praise; | | 306 | 328 |
| 372: | The Two Rats, The Fox, And The Egg. | Two rats in foraging fell on an egg, | | 31 | 330 |
| 373: | The Unhappily Married Man (Prose Fable) | If goodness were always the comrade of beauty I would seek a wife to-morrow; | | 6 | 388 |
| 374: | The Use Of Knowledge. | Between two citizens | | 47 | 355 |
| 375: | The Vultures And The Pigeons. | Mars once made havoc in the air: | | 49 | 332 |
| 376: | The Wallet.[1] | From heaven, one day, did Jupiter proclaim, | | 37 | 354 |
| 377: | The Wax-Candle. | From bowers of gods the bees came down to man. | | 26 | 355 |
| 378: | The Weasel In The Granary. | A weasel through a hole contrived to squeeze, | | 26 | 376 |
| 379: | The Will Explained By Aesop. | If what old story says of Aesop's true, | | 104 | 333 |
| 380: | The Wishes (Prose Fable) | When the Great Mogul held empire, there were certain little sprites | | 6 | 333 |
| 381: | The Wishes. | Within the Great Mogul's domains there are | | 74 | 316 |
| 382: | The Wolf Accusing The Fox Before The Monkey. | A wolf, affirming his belief | | 26 | 332 |
| 383: | The Wolf And The Dog.[1] | A prowling wolf, whose shaggy skin | | 53 | 347 |
| 384: | The Wolf And The Fox (Prose Fable) | A fox once remarked to a wolf, "Dear friend, | | 4 | 412 |
| 385: | The Wolf And The Fox In The Well (Prose Fable) | Why does Æsop give to the fox the reputation of excelling in all tricks of cunning? | | 7 | 375 |
| 386: | The Wolf And The Fox. | Why Aesop gave the palm of cunning, | | 54 | 386 |
| 387: | The Wolf And The Fox. | Whence comes it that there liveth not | | 81 | 366 |
| 388: | The Wolf and the Fox. | Dear wolf," complain'd a hungry fox, | | 40 | 406 |
| 389: | The Wolf And The Hunter. | Thou lust of gain, - foul fiend, whose evil eyes | | 67 | 343 |
| 390: | The Wolf And The Lamb.[1] | That innocence is not a shield, | | 36 | 364 |
| 391: | The Wolf And The Lean Dog. | A troutling, some time since, | | 44 | 399 |
| 392: | The Wolf And The Shepherds. | A Wolf, replete | | 87 | 338 |
| 393: | The Wolf And The Stork. | The wolves are prone to play the glutton. | | 18 | 480 |
| 394: | The Wolf Turned Shepherd. | A wolf, whose gettings from the flocks | | 33 | 442 |
| 395: | The Wolf, The Goat, And The Kid. | As went the goat her pendent dugs to fill, | | 35 | 343 |
| 396: | The Wolf, The Mother, And Her Child. | This wolf another brings to mind, | | 51 | 347 |
| 397: | The Wolves And The Sheep. | By-gone a thousand years of war, | | 34 | 376 |
| 398: | The Woman Drowned. | I hate that saying, old and savage, | | 31 | 360 |
| 399: | The Women And The Secret. | There's nothing like a secret weighs; | | 44 | 493 |
| 400: | The Woodman And Mercury. | Your taste has served my work to guide; | | 89 | 364 |
| 401: | The Woodman and Mercury. | A man that labour'd in the wood | | 42 | 361 |
| 402: | The Woods And The Woodman. | A certain wood-chopper lost or broke | | 28 | 380 |
| 403: | The Words Of Socrates. | [1] Phaedrus, III. 9. | | 13 | 382 |
| 404: | The Young Widow. | A husband's death brings always sighs; | | 58 | 378 |
| 405: | Thyrsis And Amaranth (Prose Fable) | A shepherd who was deeply in love with a shepherdess was sitting one day | | 9 | 358 |
| 406: | Thyrsis And Amaranth. | I had the Phrygian quit, | | 87 | 383 |
| 407: | To Madame De Montespan | The apologue is from the immortal gods; | | 46 | 358 |
| 408: | To Monseigneur The Dauphin.[1] | I sing the heroes of old Aesop's line, | | 17 | 321 |
| 409: | To Promise Is One Thing; To Keep It, Another | JOHN courts Perrette; but all in vain; | | 52 | 334 |
