An Ass put on a Lion's skin and went About the forest with much merriment, Scaring the foolish beasts by brooks and rocks, Till at last he tried to scare the Fox. But Reynard, hearing from beneath the mane That raucous voice so petulant and vain, Remarked, "O Ass, I too would run away, But that I know your old familiar bray.' That's just the way with asses, just the way. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INVOCATION by LOUIS UNTERMEYER THE HURRICANE by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT THE MAN WITH THE HOE'; A REPLY by JOHN VANCE CHENEY FONTENOY by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS THE COW IN APPLE TIME by ROBERT FROST IN STATE by BYRON FORCEYTHE WILLSON |