FABLES. 



APPLICATION. 



By dear mamma's o'er-weening fondness spoil'd, 

 Caress'd and pamper'd, dies the fav'rite child: 

 The boy she slights, rough, vig'rous, and well-grown, 

 Unaided, bears the brunt, and shifts alone. 



THE indulgence which parents shew to their 

 children arises from the most amiable of human 

 weaknesses; but it is not the less injurious in its 

 effects, and therefore it is of great importance to 

 guard against it, and not to surfer a blind fondness 

 to transport us beyond the bounds of a discreet 

 affection, for this often proves the ruin of the child. 

 This fable is also intended to expose the folly of a 

 system of favouritism in families, for experience 

 shews that those children who are the least pam- 

 pered and indulged usually make the best and 

 cleverest men. 



