Monday, October 4, 2010

Crane: The Herdsman's Vows

A kid vowed to Jove, so might he
Find his herd, and his herd he did see
Soon, of lions the prey:
Then 'twas - "Get me away,
And a goat of the best take for free."

HOW OFTEN WOULD WE MEND OUR WISHES


Source: W. J. Linton's fables in verse, with illustrations by Walter Crane: Fable 64.
Bubulcus et Iuppiter; Equus et Asinus Onustus

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