THE mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel; And the former called the latter 'Little Prig'. Bun replied, 'You are doubtless very big; But all sorts of things and weather Must be taken in together, To make up a year And a sphere. And I think it no disgrace To occupy my place. 'If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry. I'll not deny you make A very pretty squirrel track; Talents difler: all is well and wisely put; If I cannot carry forests on my back, Neither can you crack a nut.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WENDELL PHILLIPS by AMOS BRONSON ALCOTT THE YOUTH OF NATURE: WORDSWORTH'S COUNTRY by MATTHEW ARNOLD THE LAMB, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE ARABELLA STUART by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER: JULY by EDMUND SPENSER SONNET WRITTEN IN THE FALL OF 1914: 4 by GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY DECEMBER by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |