| Poem Title | First Lines | Period | # Lines | # Reads |
| 1: A Confidant Without Knowing It; Or The Stratagem | NO master sage, nor orator I know, | | 228 | 446 |
| 2: Against The Hard To Suit. | Were I a pet of fair Calliope, | | 66 | 452 |
| 3: Alice Sick | SICK, Alice grown, and fearing dire event, | | 16 | 473 |
| 4: An Animal In The Moon (Prose Fable) | Whilst one philosopher tells us that men are constantly the dupes of their own senses, | | 3 | 454 |
| 5: An Animal In The Moon. | While one philosopher affirms | | 95 | 440 |
| 6: An Imitation Of Anacreon | PAINTER in Paphos and Cythera famed | | 12 | 484 |
| 7: Another Imitation Of Anacreon | PRONE, on my couch I calmly slept | | 28 | 470 |
| 8: Belphegor Addressed To Miss De Chammelay | YOUR name with ev'ry pleasure here I place, | | 305 | 399 |
| 9: Daphnis And Alcimadure. | Offspring of her to whom, to-day, | | 111 | 403 |
| 10: Death And The Dying. | Death never taketh by surprise | | 68 | 430 |
| 11: Death And The Unfortunate.[1] | A poor unfortunate, from day to day, | | 20 | 458 |
| 12: Death And The Woodman.[1] | A poor wood-chopper, with his fagot load, | | 20 | 480 |
| 13: Democritus And The People Of Abdera (Prose Fable) | How I have always hated the opinions of the mob! | | 7 | 452 |
| 14: Democritus And The People Of Abdera. | How do I hate the tide of vulgar thought! | | 70 | 471 |
| 15: Discord. | The goddess Discord, having made, on high, | | 38 | 449 |
| 16: Education (Prose Fable) | Once upon a time there were two dogs, one named Lurcher and the other Cæsar. | | 4 | 411 |
| 17: Education. | Lapluck and Caesar brothers were, descended | | 31 | 416 |
| 18: Education. | Lapluck and Cæsar brothers were, descended | | 29 | 440 |
| 19: Epilogue To Book XI. | Tis thus, by crystal fount, my muse hath sung, | | 25 | 388 |
| 20: Epilogue. | Here check we our career: | | 17 | 387 |
| 21: Epitaph Of La Fontaine - Made By Himself | JOHN, as he came, so went away, | | 6 | 437 |
| 22: Feronde | IN Eastern climes, by means considered new; | | 214 | 399 |
| 23: Fortune And The Boy. | Beside a well, uncurb'd and deep, | | 23 | 398 |
| 24: Friar Philip's Geese | IF these gay tales give pleasure to the FAIR, | | 164 | 402 |
| 25: Hans Carvel's Ring | HANS CARVEL took, when weak and late in life; | | 32 | 419 |
| 26: Joconde | In Lombardy's fair land, in days of yore, | | 456 | 400 |
| 27: Jupiter And The Farmer. | Of yore, a farm had Jupiter to rent; | | 36 | 431 |
| 28: Jupiter And The Passenger. | How danger would the gods enrich, | | 38 | 403 |
| 29: Jupiter And The Thunderbolts (Prose Fable) | One day, as Jupiter seated on high looked down upon the world, | | 5 | 374 |
| 30: Jupiter And The Thunderbolts. | Said Jupiter, one day, | | 73 | 448 |
| 31: King Candaules And The Doctor Of Laws | IN life oft ills from self-imprudence spring; | | 342 | 402 |
| 32: Love And Folly (Prose Fable) | Everything to do with love is mystery. Cupid's arrows, his quiver, | | 4 | 398 |
| 33: Love And Folly. | Love bears a world of mystery | | 39 | 461 |
| 34: Neighbour Peter's Mare | A CERTAIN pious rector (John his name), | | 198 | 460 |
| 35: Nicaise | TO serve the shop as 'prentice was the lot; | | 222 | 446 |
| 36: Nothing Too Much. | Look where we will throughout creation, | | 38 | 396 |
| 37: Party Strife. | Among the beasts a feud arose. | | 41 | 470 |
| 38: Philomel And Progne. | From home and city spires, one day, | | 24 | 474 |
| 39: Phoebus And Boreas. | Old Boreas and the sun, one day | | 53 | 439 |
| 40: Richard Minutolo | IN ev'ry age, at Naples, we are told, | | 226 | 444 |
| 41: Simonides Preserved By The Gods.[1] | Three sorts there are, as Malherbe says, | | 84 | 364 |
| 42: Sister Jane | WHEN Sister Jane, who had produced a child, | | 8 | 424 |
| 43: St. Julian's Prayer | TO charms and philters, secret spells and prayers, | | 372 | 429 |
| 44: The Acorn And The Pumpkin (Prose Fable) | What God does is done well. | | 5 | 632 |
| 45: The Acorn and the Pumpkin. | Once there was a country bumpkin | | 24 | 445 |
| 46: The Acorn And The Pumpkin. | God's works are good. This truth to prove | | 39 | 469 |
| 47: The Amorous Courtesan | DAN CUPID, though the god of soft amour, | | 325 | 431 |
| 48: The Animals Sending Tribute To Alexander. | A fable flourished with antiquity | | 91 | 448 |
| 49: The Animals Sick Of The Plague (Prose Fable) | One of those dread evils which spread terror far and wide, | | 6 | 421 |
| 50: The Animals Sick Of The Plague. | The sorest ill that Heaven hath | | 82 | 460 |
| 51: The Ape (Prose Fable) | There is an ape in Paris to whom a wife was once given; | | 4 | 453 |
| 52: The Ape. | There is an ape in Paris, | | 15 | 441 |
| 53: The Arbiter, The Almoner, And The Hermit. | Three saints, for their salvation jealous, | | 79 | 440 |
| 54: The Arbiter, The Hospitaller, And The Hermit (Prose Fable) | Three saints, all equally zealous and anxious for their salvation, | | 12 | 461 |
| 55: The Ass And His Masters. | A gardener's ass complain'd to Destiny | | 32 | 429 |
| 56: The Ass And The Dog. | Dame Nature, our respected mother, | | 45 | 499 |
| 57: The Ass and the Dog. | Along the road an ass and dog | | 40 | 418 |
| 58: The Ass And The Little Dog. | One's native talent from its course | | 36 | 430 |
| 59: The Ass Carrying Relics. | An ass, with relics for his load, | | 14 | 386 |
| 60: The Ass Dressed In The Lion'S Skin. | Clad in a lion's shaggy hide, | | 16 | 494 |
| 61: The Ass In The Lion's Skin. | An Ass in The Lion's skin arrayed | | 13 | 444 |
| 62: The Ass Loaded With Sponges, And The Ass Loaded With Salt. | A man, whom I shall call an ass-eteer, | | 36 | 459 |
| 63: The Astrologer Who Stumbled Into A Well. | To an astrologer who fell | | 53 | 469 |
| 64: The Avaricious Wife And Tricking Gallant | WHO knows the world will never feel surprise, | | 68 | 400 |
| 65: The Bat And The Two Weasels. | A blundering bat once stuck her head | | 45 | 834 |
| 66: The Bat, The Bush, And The Duck. | A bush, duck, and bat, having found that in trade, | | 40 | 458 |
| 67: The Battle Of The Rats And The Weasels. | The weasels live, no more than cats, | | 63 | 471 |
| 68: The Bear And The Amateur Gardener. | A certain mountain bear, unlick'd and rude, | | 77 | 452 |
| 69: The Bear And The Two Companions. | Two fellows, needing funds, and bold, | | 50 | 454 |
| 70: The Bird Wounded By An Arrow. | A bird, with plumèd arrow shot, | | 10 | 974 |
| 71: The Bitch And Her Friend. | A bitch, that felt her time approaching, | | 24 | 982 |
| 72: The Boy And The Schoolmaster. | Wise counsel is not always wise, | | 29 | 444 |
| 73: The Bucking-Tub | IF once in love, you'll soon invention find | | 82 | 432 |
| 74: The Burier And His Comrade. | A close-fist had his money hoarded | | 52 | 456 |
| 75: The Camel And The Floating Sticks. | The first who saw the humpback'd camel | | 52 | 448 |
| 76: The Carter In The Mire. | The Phaëton who drove a load of hay | | 42 | 427 |
| 77: The Case Of Conscience | THOSE who in fables deal, bestow at ease | | 144 | 418 |
| 78: The Cat And The Fox (Prose Fable) | The cat and the fox, in the manner of good little saints, | | 8 | 544 |
| 79: The Cat And The Fox. | The Cat and the Fox once took a walk together, | | 24 | 511 |
| 80: The Cat And The Fox. | The cat and fox, when saints were all the rage, | | 48 | 412 |
| 81: The Cat And The Old Rat. | A story-writer of our sort | | 66 | 469 |
| 82: The Cat And The Rat. | Four creatures, wont to prowl, | | 75 | 486 |
| 83: The Cat And The Thrush. | A thrush that sang one rustic ode | | 50 | 423 |
| 84: The Cat And The Two Sparrows. | Contemporary with a sparrow tame | | 42 | 406 |
| 85: The Cat Metamorphosed Into A Woman. | A bachelor caress'd his cat, | | 42 | 1064 |
| 86: The Cat, The Weasel, And The Young Rabbit. | John Rabbit's palace under ground | | 57 | 436 |
| 87: The Charlatan. | The world has never lack'd its charlatans, | | 54 | 508 |
| 88: The City Mouse And The Country Mouse. | A City Mouse, with ways polite, | | 18 | 488 |
| 89: The City Rat And The Country Rat.[1] | A city rat, one night, | | 28 | 476 |
| 90: The Clyster | IF truth give pleasure, surely we should try; | | 110 | 433 |
| 91: The Coach And The Fly. | Upon a sandy, uphill road, | | 46 | 440 |
| 92: The Cobbler | WE'RE told, that once a cobbler, BLASE by name; | | 46 | 439 |
| 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 | 488 |
| 94: The Cobbler And The Financier. | A cobbler sang from morn till night; | | 66 | 431 |
| 95: The Cock And The Fox. | Upon a tree there mounted guard | | 39 | 443 |
| 96: The Cock And The Pearl. | A cock scratch'd up, one day, | | 12 | 421 |
| 97: The Cockerel, The Cat, And The Young Mouse. | A youthful mouse, not up to trap, | | 55 | 415 |
| 98: The Companions Of Ulysses (Prose Fable) | That great hero-wanderer Ulysses had been with his companions driven | | 10 | 388 |
| 99: The Companions Of Ulysses. | Dear prince, a special favourite of the skies, | | 136 | 433 |
| 100: The Contract | THE husband's dire mishap, and silly maid, | | 122 | 350 |
| 101: The Convent Gardener Of Lamporechio | WHEN Cupid with his dart, would hearts assail, | | 204 | 421 |
| 102: The Council Held By The Rats | Old Rodilard, a certain cat, | | 43 | 594 |
| 103: The Country Justice | TWO lawyers to their cause so well adhered, | | 14 | 466 |
| 104: The Countryman And The Serpent. | A countryman, as Aesop certifies, | | 27 | 434 |
| 105: The Countryman Who Sought His Calf | A COUNTRYMAN, one day, his calf had lost, | | 16 | 430 |
| 106: The Cradle | NEAR Rome, of yore, close to the Florence road, | | 182 | 428 |
| 107: The Cudgelled And Contented Cuckold | Some time ago from Rome, in smart array, | | 156 | 415 |
| 108: The Cunning Fox. | A fox once practised, 'tis believed, | | 32 | 437 |
| 109: The Curate And The Corpse. | A dead man going slowly, sadly, | | 42 | 466 |
| 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 | 469 |
| 111: The Dairywoman And The Pot Of Milk. | A pot of milk upon her cushion'd crown, | | 57 | 390 |
| 112: The Devil In Hell | HE surely must be wrong who loving fears; | | 210 | 438 |
| 113: The Devil Of Pope-Fig Island | BY master Francis clearly 'tis expressed: | | 184 | 397 |
| 114: The Doctors. | The selfsame patient put to test | | 12 | 375 |
| 115: The Dog And Cat. | A dog and cat, messmates for life, | | 14 | 501 |
| 116: The Dog And His Image. | A foolish Dog, who carried in his jaw | | | 438 |
| 117: The Dog And His Master's Dinner. | Our eyes are not made proof against the fair, | | 39 | 400 |
| 118: The Dog That Carried His Master's Dinner. | Our eyes are not made proof against the fair, | | 48 | 429 |
| 119: The Dog That Dropped The Substance For The Shadow. | This world is full of shadow-chasers, | | 10 | 371 |
| 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 | 407 |
| 121: The Dog Whose Ears Were Cropped. | What have I done, I'd like to know, | | 27 | 437 |
| 122: The Dog With His Ears Cropped (Prose Fable) | What have I done to be treated in this way? | | 5 | 409 |
| 123: The Dove And The Ant. | An Ant who in a brook would drink | | 24 | 436 |
| 124: The Dove And The Ant. | The same instruction we may get | | 22 | 512 |
| 125: The Dove And The Ant. | A dove came to a brook to drink, | | 20 | 412 |
| 126: The Dragon With Many Heads, And The Dragon With Many Tails.[1] | An envoy of the Porte Sublime, | | 31 | 462 |
| 127: The Dress-Maker | A CLOISTERED nun had a lover | | 27 | 406 |
| 128: The Drunkard And His Wife. | Each has his fault, to which he clings | | 32 | 387 |
| 129: The Eagle And The Beetle. | John Rabbit, by Dame Eagle chased, | | 71 | 482 |
| 130: The Eagle And The Magpie. | The eagle, through the air a queen, | | 42 | 417 |
| 131: The Eagle And The Owl. | The eagle and the owl, resolved to cease | | 47 | 454 |
| 132: The Eagle, The Wild Sow, And The Cat. | A certain hollow tree | | 52 | 453 |
| 133: The Ear-Maker And The Mould-Mender | WHEN William went from home (a trader styled): | | 218 | 419 |
| 134: The Ears Of The Hare. | Some beast with horns did gore | | 25 | 398 |
| 135: The Earthen Pot And The Iron Pot. | An iron pot proposed | | 33 | 452 |
| 136: The Eel Pie | HOWEVER exquisite we BEAUTY find, | | 132 | 390 |
| 137: The Elephant And Jupiter's Ape (Prose Fable) | Once in the olden times the elephant and the rhinoceros disputed | | 10 | 445 |
| 138: The Elephant And The Ape Of Jupiter. | Twixt elephant and beast of horned nose | | 51 | 413 |
| 139: The English Fox. | Sound reason and a tender heart | | 94 | 414 |
| 140: The Ephesian Matron | IF there's a tale more common than the rest, | | 196 | 491 |
| 141: The Eye Of The Master. | A stag took refuge from the chase | | 54 | 448 |
| 142: The Faithless Depositary. | Thanks to Memory's daughters nine, | | 116 | 400 |
| 143: The Falcon | I RECOLLECT, that lately much I blamed, | | 243 | 437 |
| 144: The Falcon And The Capon. | You often hear a sweet seductive call: | | 56 | 444 |
| 145: The Farmer, The Dog, And The Fox. | The wolf and fox are neighbours strange: | | 83 | 453 |
| 146: The Fishes And The Cormorant. | No pond nor pool within his haunt | | 67 | 426 |
| 147: The Fishes And The Shepherd Who Played The Flute. | Thrysis - who for his Annette dear | | 49 | 399 |
| 148: The Fly And The Ant. | A fly and ant, upon a sunny bank, | | 54 | 431 |
| 149: The Fly And The Game. | A knight of powder-horn and shot | | 37 | 433 |
| 150: The Fool And The Sage. | A fool pursued, with club and stone, | | 22 | 406 |
| 151: The Fool Who Sold Wisdom. | Of fools come never in the reach: | | 36 | 399 |
| 152: The Fool who Sold Wisdom. | A fool, in town, did wisdom cry; | | 27 | 440 |
| 153: The Forest And The Woodcutter (Prose Fable) | A woodcutter had broken or lost the handle of his hatchet and found it | | 3 | 461 |
| 154: The Fortune-Tellers (Prose Fable) | Reputations may be made by the merest chances, and yet reputations control the fashions. | | 8 | 391 |
| 155: The Fortune-Tellers. | Tis oft from chance opinion takes its rise, | | 67 | 432 |
| 156: The Fowler, The Hawk, And The Lark. | From wrongs of wicked men we draw | | 23 | 439 |
| 157: The Fox And The Bust. | The great are like the maskers of the stage; | | 15 | 423 |
| 158: The Fox And The Goat. | A fox once journey'd, and for company | | 35 | 431 |
| 159: The Fox And The Grapes. | Rosy and ripe, and ready to box, | | 9 | 465 |
| 160: The Fox And The Grapes. | A fox, almost with hunger dying, | | 10 | 460 |
| 161: The Fox And The Stork. | Old Father Fox, who was known to be mean, | | 24 | 494 |
| 162: The Fox And The Stork. | Old Mister Fox was at expense, one day, | | 36 | 394 |
| 163: The Fox And The Turkeys. | Against a robber fox, a tree | | 32 | 418 |
| 164: The Fox And The Young Turkeys (Prose Fable) | Some young turkeys were lucky enough to find a tree which served them | | 4 | 405 |
| 165: The Fox With His Tail Cut Off. | A cunning old fox, of plundering habits, | | 20 | 500 |
| 166: The Fox, The Flies, And The Hedgehog. | A fox, old, subtle, vigilant, and sly, | | 32 | 428 |
| 167: The Fox, The Monkey, And The Animals. | Left kingless by the lion's death, | | 36 | 400 |
| 168: The Fox, The Wolf, And The Horse. | A fox, though young, by no means raw, | | 35 | 397 |
| 169: The Frog And The Rat. | They to bamboozle are inclined, | | 54 | 364 |
| 170: The Frog That Wished To Be As Big As The Ox.[1] | The tenant of a bog, | | 20 | 394 |
| 171: The Frog Who Wished To Be As Big As The Ox. | There was a little Fog | | 12 | 441 |
| 172: The Frogs Asking A King. | A certain commonwealth aquatic, | | 43 | 430 |
| 173: The Funeral Of The Lioness. | The lion's consort died: | | 80 | 424 |
| 174: The Gardener And His Landlord (Prose Fable) | A man who had a great fondness for gardening, | | 15 | 382 |
| 175: The Gardener And His Lord. | A lover of gardens, half cit and half clown, | | 73 | 365 |
| 176: The Gascon | I AM always inclined to suspect | | 38 | 397 |
| 177: The Gascon Punished | A GASCON (being heard one day to swear, | | 104 | 395 |
| 178: The Glutton | A STURGEON, once, a glutton famed was led | | 12 | 405 |
| 179: The Gods Wishing To Instruct A Son Of Jupiter (Prose Fable) | Jupiter had a son, who, sensible of his lofty origin, | | 9 | 397 |
| 180: The Gods Wishing To Instruct A Son Of Jupiter. | To Jupiter was born a son, | | 61 | 437 |
| 181: The Golden Pitcher. | A father once, whose sons were two, | | 53 | 406 |
| 182: The Gout And The Spider. | When Nature angrily turn'd out | | 54 | 409 |
| 183: The Grasshopper And The Ant. | The Grasshopper, singing | | 24 | 470 |
| 184: The Grasshopper And The Ant.[1] | A Grasshopper gay | | 26 | 408 |
| 185: The Hare And The Frogs. | Once in his bed deep mused the hare, | | 36 | 395 |
| 186: The Hare And The Partridge (Prose Fable) | Never mock at other people's misfortune; | | 4 | 421 |
| 187: The Hare And The Partridge. | Beware how you deride | | 40 | 392 |
| 188: The Hare And The Partridge. | A field in common share | | 34 | 442 |
| 189: The Hare And The Tortoise. | Said the Tortoise one day to the Hare: | | 25 | 404 |
| 190: The Hare And The Tortoise. | To win a race, the swiftness of a dart | | 44 | 373 |
| 191: The Head And The Tail Of The Serpent. | Two parts the serpent has | | 42 | 400 |
| 192: The Heifer, The Goat, And The Sheep, In Company With The Lion.[1] | The heifer, the goat, and their sister the sheep, | | 19 | 442 |
| 193: The Hen With The Golden Eggs. | To this lesson in greed, | | 14 | 520 |
| 194: The Hen With The Golden Eggs. | How avarice loseth all, | | 16 | 510 |
| 195: The Hermit | WHEN Venus and Hypocrisy combine, | | 198 | 369 |
| 196: The Heron Who Was Hard To Please. | A long-legged Heron, with long neck and beak, | | 22 | 401 |
| 197: The Heron. | One day, - no matter when or where, | | 51 | 448 |
| 198: The Hog, The Goat, And The Sheep. | A goat, a sheep, and porker fat, | | 40 | 404 |
| 199: The Hornets And The Bees. | The artist by his work is known. | | 44 | 419 |
| 200: The Horoscope (Prose Fable) | Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it. | | 8 | 390 |
| 201: The Horoscope. | On death we mortals often run, | | 109 | 403 |
| 202: The Horse And The Ass. | In such a world, all men, of every grade, | | 18 | 411 |
| 203: The Horse And The Wolf. | A wolf, what time the thawing breeze | | 52 | 449 |
| 204: The Horse and the Wolf. | A wolf who, fall'n on needy days, | | 40 | 465 |
| 205: The Horse Wishing To Be Revenged Upon The Stag. | The horses have not always been | | 42 | 399 |
| 206: The Husband, The Wife, And The Thief. | A man that loved, - and loved his wife, | | 46 | 446 |
| 207: The Husband-Confessor | When Francis (named the first) o'er Frenchmen reign'd, | | 46 | 512 |
| 208: The Ill-Married. | If worth, were not a thing more rare | | 62 | 413 |
| 209: The Impossible Thing | A DEMON, blacker in his skin than heart, | | 92 | 394 |
| 210: The Indiscreet Confessions | FAMED Paris ne'er within its walls had got, | | 128 | 411 |
| 211: The Ingratitude And Injustice Of Men Towards Fortune. | A trader on the sea to riches grew; | | 53 | 417 |
| 212: The Jay In The Feathers Of The Peacock. | A peacock moulted: soon a jay was seen | | 16 | 395 |
| 213: The Jealous Husband | A CERTAIN husband who, from jealous fear, | | 42 | 437 |
| 214: The Joker And The Fishes. | Some seek for jokers; I avoid. | | 42 | 420 |
| 215: The Joker and the Fishes. | A joker at a banker's table, | | 35 | 453 |
| 216: The King, The Kite, And The Falconer. | The gods, for that themselves are good, | | 139 | 351 |
| 217: The Kiss Returned | AS WILLIAM walking with his wife was seen, | | 20 | 412 |
| 218: The Kite And The Nightingale. | A noted thief, the kite, | | 26 | 377 |
| 219: The Lark And Her Young Ones With The Owner Of A Field. | Depend upon yourself alone, | | 81 | 380 |
| 220: The League Of Rats (Prose Fable) | There was once a mouse who lived in terrible fear of a cat | | 9 | 429 |
| 221: The League Of The Rats. | A mouse was once in mortal fear | | 58 | 417 |
| 222: The Lion And The Ass Hunting. | The king of animals, with royal grace, | | 30 | 400 |
| 223: The Lion And The Gnat. | The Lion once said to the Gnat: "You brat, | | 36 | 393 |
| 224: The Lion And The Gnat. | Go, paltry insect, nature's meanest brat!' | | 46 | 413 |
| 225: The Lion And The Hunter. | A braggart, lover of the chase, | | 18 | 391 |
| 226: The Lion and the Monkey. | The lion, for his kingdom's sake, | | 40 | 413 |
| 227: The Lion And The Rat. | To show to all your kindness, it behoves: | | 24 | 423 |
| 228: The Lion Beaten By The Man. | A picture once was shown, | | 12 | 409 |
| 229: The Lion Going To War. | The lion had an enterprise in hand; | | 21 | 427 |
| 230: The Lion Grown Old. | A lion, mourning, in his age, the wane | | 16 | 427 |
| 231: The Lion In Love. | Sévigné, type of every grace | | 71 | 395 |
| 232: The Lion's Court. | His lion majesty would know, one day, | | 52 | 410 |
| 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 | 397 |
| 234: The Lion, The Monkey, And The Two Asses. | The lion, for his kingdom's sake, | | 97 | 393 |
| 235: The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox | A Lion, old, and impotent with gout, | | 40 | 421 |
| 236: The Lion, The Wolf, And The Fox. | A lion, old, and impotent with gout, | | 50 | 428 |
| 237: The Lion. | Some time ago, a sultan Leopard, | | 65 | 454 |
| 238: The Lioness And The Bear. | The lioness had lost her young; | | 33 | 401 |
| 239: The Lioness And The She-Bear (Prose Fable) | Mamma lioness had lost one of her cubs. | | 9 | 437 |
| 240: The Little Bell | HOW weak is man! how changeable his mind! | | 74 | 416 |
| 241: The Little Dog | THE key, which opes the chest of hoarded gold. | | 569 | 449 |
| 242: The Little Fish And The Fisher. | A little fish will grow, | | 29 | 408 |
| 243: The Lobster And Her Daughter. | The wise, sometimes, as lobsters do, | | 37 | 426 |
| 244: The Magick Cup | THE worst of ills, with jealousy compared, | | 460 | 407 |
| 245: The Magnificent | SOME wit, handsome form and gen'rous mind; | | 226 | 420 |
| 246: The Maid. | A certain maid, as proud as fair, | | 60 | 403 |
| 247: The Maiden (Prose Fable) | A certain damsel of considerable pride made up her mind to choose a husband | | 5 | 439 |
| 248: The Man And His Image (Prose Fable) | Once there was a man who loved himself very much, | | 4 | 382 |
| 249: The Man And His Image.[1] | A man, who had no rivals in the love | | 39 | 397 |
| 250: The Man And The Adder. | You villain!' cried a man who found | | 125 | 365 |
| 251: The Man And The Flea. | Impertinent, we tease and weary Heaven | | 16 | 402 |
| 252: The Man And The Wooden God. | A pagan kept a god of wood, | | 31 | 416 |
| 253: The Man Between Two Ages, And His Two Mistresses.[1] | A man of middle age, whose hair | | 34 | 408 |
| 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 | 396 |
| 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 | 369 |
| 256: The Mandrake | FLORENTINE we now design to show; | | 336 | 546 |
| 257: The Members And The Belly. | Perhaps, had I but shown due loyalty, | | 54 | 443 |
| 258: The Merchant, The Noble, The Shepherd, And The King's Son. | Four voyagers to parts unknown, | | 62 | 399 |
| 259: The Mice And The Owl. | Beware of saying, 'Lend an ear,' | | 52 | 366 |
| 260: The Mice and the Owl. | A pine was by a woodman fell'd, | | 40 | 409 |
| 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 | 387 |
| 262: The Miller, His Son And The Ass. | A Miller and Son once set out for the fair, | | 48 | 440 |
| 263: The Miller, His Son, And The Ass | Because the arts are plainly birthright matters, | | 88 | 430 |
| 264: The Miser And The Monkey. | A man amass'd. The thing, we know, | | 47 | 423 |
| 265: The Miser Who Had Lost His Treasure. | Tis use that constitutes possession. | | 55 | 428 |
| 266: The Mogul's Dream. | Long since, a Mogul saw, in dream, | | 53 | 401 |
| 267: The Monkey And The Cat (Prose Fable) | Bertrand was a monkey and Ratter was a cat. | | 6 | 439 |
| 268: The Monkey And The Cat. | Jocko the Monkey, Mouser - his chum, the Cat, | | 28 | 422 |
| 269: The Monkey And The Cat. | Sly Bertrand and Ratto in company sat, | | 36 | 391 |
| 270: The Monkey And The Dolphin. | It was the custom of the Greeks | | 45 | 443 |
| 271: The Monkey And The Leopard. | A monkey and a leopard were | | 48 | 446 |
| 272: The Monks Of Catalonia | TO you, my friends, allow me to detail, | | 226 | 442 |
| 273: The Mountain In Labour. | A mountain was in travail pang; | | 15 | 427 |
| 274: The Mouse Metamorphosed Into A Maid. | A mouse once from an owl's beak fell; | | 104 | 407 |
| 275: The Mule Boasting Of His Genealogy. | A prelate's mule of noble birth was proud, | | 15 | 449 |
| 276: The Muleteer | The Lombard princes oft pervade my mind; | | 142 | 387 |
| 277: The Nightingale | NO easy matter 'tis to hold, | | 301 | 424 |
| 278: The Oak And The Reed. | The oak one day address'd the reed: | | 44 | 452 |
| 279: The Old Cat And The Young Mouse. | To please a youthful prince, whom Fame | | 59 | 421 |
| 280: The Old Cat and the Young Mouse. | A young and inexperienced mouse | | 33 | 437 |
| 281: The Old Man And His Sons. | All power is feeble with dissension: | | 54 | 431 |
| 282: The Old Man And The Ass. | An old man, riding on his ass, | | 19 | 410 |
| 283: The Old Man And The Three Young Ones. | A man was planting at fourscore. | | 49 | 553 |
| 284: The Old Man's Calendar | OFT have I seen in wedlock with surprise, | | 246 | 394 |
| 285: The Old Woman And Her Two Servants. | A beldam kept two spinning maids, | | 39 | 1017 |
| 286: The Oracle And The Atheist. | That man his Maker can deceive, | | 20 | 420 |
| 287: The Oyster And The Litigants. | Two pilgrims on the sand espied | | 32 | 494 |
| 288: The Oyster And The Pleaders (Prose Fable) | One day two pilgrims espied upon the sands of the shore an oyster | | 7 | 444 |
| 289: The Pack-Saddle | A FAMOUS painter, jealous of his wife; | | 22 | 418 |
| 290: The Partridge And The Cocks. | With a set of uncivil and turbulent cocks, | | 26 | 399 |
| 291: The Pashaw And The Merchant. | A trading Greek, for want of law, | | 70 | 414 |
| 292: The Peacock Complaining To Juno. | The peacock to the queen of heaven | | 36 | 433 |
| 293: The Peasant And His Angry Lord | Once on a time, as hist'ry's page relates, | | 106 | 371 |
| 294: The Peasant Of The Danube. | To judge no man by outside view, | | 110 | 403 |
| 295: The Picture | SOLICITED I've been to give a tale, | | 246 | 417 |
| 296: The Pitcher | THE simple Jane was sent to bring | | 33 | 427 |
| 297: The Ploughman And His Sons. | The farmer's patient care and toil | | 22 | 429 |
| 298: The Power Of Fable (Prose Fable) | In the old, vain, and fickle city of Athens, an orator, | | 7 | 374 |
| 299: The Power Of Fables. | Can diplomatic dignity | | 88 | 409 |
| 300: The Priest And The Corpse (Prose Fable) | There was a funeral. | | 5 | 412 |
| 301: The Princess Betrothed To The King Of Garba | WHAT various ways in which a thing is told | | 768 | 408 |
| 302: The Progress Of Wit | DIVERTING in extreme there is a play, | | 134 | 413 |
| 303: The Psalter | ONCE more permit me, nuns, and this the last; | | 146 | 385 |
| 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 | 420 |
| 305: The Quarrel Of The Dogs And Cats, And That Of The Cats And Mice. | Enthroned by an eternal law, | | 61 | 385 |
| 306: The Quarrel of the Dogs and Cats. | In mansion deck'd with frieze and column, | | 37 | 413 |
| 307: The Quid Pro Quo; Or The Mistakes | DAME FORTUNE often loves a laugh to raise, | | 200 | 369 |
| 308: The Rabbits (Prose Fable) | When I have noticed how man acts at times, and how, in a thousand ways, | | 11 | 397 |
| 309: The Rabbits. | While watching man in all his phases, | | 92 | 449 |
| 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 | 445 |
| 311: The Rat And The Elephant. | One's own importance to enhance, | | 37 | 478 |
| 312: The Rat and the Elephant. | A rat, of quite the smallest size, | | 27 | 388 |
| 313: The Rat And The Oyster | A country rat, of little brains, | | 46 | 507 |
| 314: The Rat Retired From The World (Prose Fable) | The ancients had a legend which told of a certain rat who, | | 3 | 411 |
| 315: The Rat Retired From The World. | The sage Levantines have a tale | | 43 | 402 |
| 316: The Raven And The Fox. | Mr. Raven was perched upon a limb, | | 16 | 439 |
| 317: The Raven And The Fox.[1] | | | 19 | 383 |
| 318: The Raven Who Would Rival The Eagle. | An Eagle swooped from out the sky, | | 20 | 382 |
| 319: The Raven Wishing To Imitate The Eagle. | The bird of Jove bore off a mutton, | | 32 | 396 |
| 320: The Raven, The Gazelle, The Tortoise, And The Rat. | A temple I reserved you in my rhyme: | | 165 | 436 |
| 321: The Rhemese | NO city I to Rheims would e'er prefer: | | 214 | 430 |
| 322: The River Scamander | I'M now disposed to give a pretty tale; | | 142 | 387 |
| 323: The Satyr And The Traveller. | Within a savage forest grot | | 28 | 346 |
| 324: The Schoolboy, The Pedant, And The Owner Of A Garden (Prose Fable) | A youngster, who was doubly foolish and doubly a rogue | | 4 | 412 |
| 325: The Schoolboy, The Pedant, And The Owner Of A Garden. | A boy who savour'd of his school, | | 46 | 420 |
| 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 | 372 |
| 327: The Sculptor And The Statue Of Jupiter. | A block of marble was so fine, | | 36 | 955 |
| 328: The Scythian Philosopher (Prose Fable) | A certain austere philosopher of Scythia, | | 6 | 397 |
| 329: The Scythian Philosopher. | A Scythian philosopher austere, | | 47 | 424 |
| 330: The Serpent And The File. | A serpent, neighbour to a smith, | | 22 | 440 |
| 331: The Servant Girl Justified | BOCCACE alone is not my only source; | | 123 | 372 |
| 332: The Shepherd And His Dog. | A shepherd, with a single dog, | | 22 | 414 |
| 333: The Shepherd And His Flock. | What! shall I lose them one by one, | | 46 | 426 |
| 334: The Shepherd And The King. | Two demons at their pleasure share our being | | 82 | 392 |
| 335: The Shepherd And The Lion. | Of fables judge not by their face; | | 52 | 400 |
| 336: The Shepherd and the Lion. | The Fable Æsop tells is nearly this: | | 24 | 407 |
| 337: The Shepherd And The Sea. | A shepherd, neighbour to the sea, | | 35 | 450 |
| 338: The Sick Abbess | EXAMPLE often proves of sov'reign use; | | 108 | 390 |
| 339: The Sick Lion And The Fox. | Sick in his den, we understand, | | 22 | 368 |
| 340: The Sick Stag. | A stag, where stags abounded, | | 25 | 382 |
| 341: The Spectacles | I LATELY vowed to leave the nuns alone, | | 216 | 469 |
| 342: The Spider And The Swallow. | O Jupiter, whose fruitful brain, | | 41 | 395 |
| 343: The Stag And The Vine. | A stag, by favour of a vine, | | 20 | 361 |
| 344: The Stag Seeing Himself In The Water. | Beside a placid, crystal flood, | | 25 | 453 |
| 345: The Sun And The Frogs. | Rejoicing on their tyrant's wedding-day, | | 19 | 387 |
| 346: The Sun And The Frogs. | Long from the monarch of the stars | | 39 | 451 |
| 347: The Sun And The Frogs. | Rejoicing on their tyrant's wedding-day, | | 19 | 412 |
| 348: The Swallow And The Little Birds.[1] | By voyages in air, | | 72 | 371 |
| 349: The Swan And The Cook. | The pleasures of a poultry yard | | 24 | 419 |
| 350: The Thieves And The Ass.[1] | Two thieves, pursuing their profession, | | 19 | 361 |
| 351: The Three Gossips' Wager | AS o'er their wine one day, three gossips sat, | | 351 | 394 |
| 352: The Torrent And The River. | With mighty rush and roar, | | 28 | 385 |
| 353: The Tortoise And The Two Ducks. | A light-brain'd tortoise, anciently, | | 42 | 439 |
| 354: The Treasure And The Two Men. | A man whose credit fail'd, and what was worse, | | 50 | 371 |
| 355: The Truckers | THE change of food enjoyment is to man; | | 180 | 391 |
| 356: The Two Adventurers And The Talisman. | No flowery path to glory leads. | | 82 | 370 |
| 357: The Two Asses. | Two asses tracking, t'other day, | | 34 | 395 |
| 358: The Two Bulls And The Frog. | Two bulls engaged in shocking battle, | | 22 | 427 |
| 359: The Two Cocks. | Two cocks in peace were living, when | | 41 | 408 |
| 360: The Two Dogs And The Dead Ass. | The Virtues should be sisters, hand in hand, | | 54 | 398 |
| 361: The Two Dogs and the Dead Ass. | Two lean and hungry mastiffs once espied | | 29 | 401 |
| 362: The Two Doves. | Two doves once cherish'd for each other | | 107 | 444 |
| 363: The Two Friends | AXIOCHUS, a handsome youth of old, | | 18 | 374 |
| 364: The Two Friends. | Two friends, in Monomotapa, | | 35 | 368 |
| 365: The Two Goats. | Since goats have browsed, by freedom fired, | | 44 | 450 |
| 366: The Two Goats. | Two goats, who self-emancipated, | | 36 | 404 |
| 367: The Two Mules (Prose Fable) | There were two heavily-laden mules making a journey together. | | 4 | 423 |
| 368: The Two Mules. | Two mules were bearing on their backs, | | 22 | 359 |
| 369: The Two Parrots, The King, And His Son. | Two parrots lived, a sire and son, | | 76 | 436 |
| 370: The Two Rats, The Fox, And The Egg (Prose Fable) | Do not take it ill if, in these fables, | | 21 | 405 |
| 371: The Two Rats, The Fox, And The Egg. | You, Iris, 'twere an easy task to praise; | | 306 | 371 |
| 372: The Two Rats, The Fox, And The Egg. | Two rats in foraging fell on an egg, | | 31 | 374 |
| 373: The Unhappily Married Man (Prose Fable) | If goodness were always the comrade of beauty I would seek a wife to-morrow; | | 6 | 438 |
| 374: The Use Of Knowledge. | Between two citizens | | 47 | 396 |
| 375: The Vultures And The Pigeons. | Mars once made havoc in the air: | | 49 | 398 |
| 376: The Wallet.[1] | From heaven, one day, did Jupiter proclaim, | | 37 | 396 |
| 377: The Wax-Candle. | From bowers of gods the bees came down to man. | | 26 | 397 |
| 378: The Weasel In The Granary. | A weasel through a hole contrived to squeeze, | | 26 | 429 |
| 379: The Will Explained By Aesop. | If what old story says of Aesop's true, | | 104 | 376 |
| 380: The Wishes (Prose Fable) | When the Great Mogul held empire, there were certain little sprites | | 6 | 377 |
| 381: The Wishes. | Within the Great Mogul's domains there are | | 74 | 360 |
| 382: The Wolf Accusing The Fox Before The Monkey. | A wolf, affirming his belief | | 26 | 381 |
| 383: The Wolf And The Dog.[1] | A prowling wolf, whose shaggy skin | | 53 | 401 |
| 384: The Wolf And The Fox (Prose Fable) | A fox once remarked to a wolf, "Dear friend, | | 4 | 465 |
| 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 | 422 |
| 386: The Wolf And The Fox. | Why Aesop gave the palm of cunning, | | 54 | 438 |
| 387: The Wolf And The Fox. | Whence comes it that there liveth not | | 81 | 432 |
| 388: The Wolf and the Fox. | Dear wolf," complain'd a hungry fox, | | 40 | 456 |
| 389: The Wolf And The Hunter. | Thou lust of gain, - foul fiend, whose evil eyes | | 67 | 389 |
| 390: The Wolf And The Lamb.[1] | That innocence is not a shield, | | 36 | 409 |
| 391: The Wolf And The Lean Dog. | A troutling, some time since, | | 44 | 437 |
| 392: The Wolf And The Shepherds. | A Wolf, replete | | 87 | 381 |
| 393: The Wolf And The Stork. | The wolves are prone to play the glutton. | | 18 | 531 |
| 394: The Wolf Turned Shepherd. | A wolf, whose gettings from the flocks | | 33 | 493 |
| 395: The Wolf, The Goat, And The Kid. | As went the goat her pendent dugs to fill, | | 35 | 398 |
| 396: The Wolf, The Mother, And Her Child. | This wolf another brings to mind, | | 51 | 391 |
| 397: The Wolves And The Sheep. | By-gone a thousand years of war, | | 34 | 422 |
| 398: The Woman Drowned. | I hate that saying, old and savage, | | 31 | 419 |
| 399: The Women And The Secret. | There's nothing like a secret weighs; | | 44 | 550 |
| 400: The Woodman And Mercury. | Your taste has served my work to guide; | | 89 | 411 |
| 401: The Woodman and Mercury. | A man that labour'd in the wood | | 42 | 411 |
| 402: The Woods And The Woodman. | A certain wood-chopper lost or broke | | 28 | 431 |
| 403: The Words Of Socrates. | [1] Phaedrus, III. 9. | | 13 | 420 |
| 404: The Young Widow. | A husband's death brings always sighs; | | 58 | 437 |
| 405: Thyrsis And Amaranth (Prose Fable) | A shepherd who was deeply in love with a shepherdess was sitting one day | | 9 | 401 |
| 406: Thyrsis And Amaranth. | I had the Phrygian quit, | | 87 | 429 |
| 407: To Madame De Montespan | The apologue is from the immortal gods; | | 46 | 409 |
| 408: To Monseigneur The Dauphin.[1] | I sing the heroes of old Aesop's line, | | 17 | 364 |
| 409: To Promise Is One Thing; To Keep It, Another | JOHN courts Perrette; but all in vain; | | 52 | 376 |
