A man toiled on a burning road, Never resting. Once he saw a fat, stupid ass Grinning at him from a green place. The man cried out in rage, "Ah! Do not deride me, fool! "I know you -- "All day stuffing your belly, "Burying your heart "In grass and tender sprouts: "It will not suffice you." "But the ass only grinned at him from the green place. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DEEPER THOUGHT by MATTHEW ARNOLD OUR CHRIST by HARRY WEBB FARRINGTON THE BIRDS: THE HOOPOE'S CALL TO THE BIRDS by ARISTOPHANES THE VIKING by CLARIBEL WEEKS AVERY THE CHILD AN' THE MOWERS by WILLIAM BARNES THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 37. TO ONE WHO WOULD 'REMAIN FRIENDS' by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |