SOME relics on a donkey being tied, The beast imagined as he proudly strode, Men bowed unto himself and not his load, And thought their "Aves" to himself applied. Some one who saw his error said aloud "Dull donkey, do not let your mind grow proud With such an idle whim. Incense and hymn Are for the holy relics that you carry, And these alone deserve such adoration." Men bow not to an ignorant functionary, But only to his circumstance and station. |