Saturday, October 23, 2010

Crane: The Boaster

In the house, in the market, the streets,
Everywhere he was boasting his feats;
Till one said, with a sneer,
"Let us see it done here!
What's so oft done with ease, one repeats."

DEEDS NOT WORDS


Source: W. J. Linton's fables in verse, with illustrations by Walter Crane: Fable 31.
Hic Rhodus! Hic salta!

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