Sunday, October 24, 2010

Crane: Hercules and The Waggoner

When the God saw the Waggoner kneel,
Crying, "Hercules! Lift me my wheel
From the mud, where 'tis stuck!"
He laughed - "No such luck;
Set your shoulder yourself to the wheel."

THE GODS HELP THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES


Source: W. J. Linton's fables in verse, with illustrations by Walter Crane: Fable 9.
Hercules et Rusticus

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