Note * — FABLE XLV. Rose and Poet.
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He spoke; but he was only hissed, And from his cell forthwith dismissed. With him* two other friends resigned, Indignant at the Apian mind. "These drones, who now oppress the State, Proclaim our virtue by their hate," The exile said; "our honest zeal Will serve again the common weal; And we, be sure, shall be replaced, When they shall from this hive be chased."