Friday, October 22, 2010

Crane: The Peacock's Complaint

The Peacock considered it wrong
That he had not the nightingale's song;
So to Juno he went,
She replied, "Be content
With thy having, and hold thy fool's tongue."

DO NOT QUARREL WITH NATURE


Source: W. J. Linton's fables in verse, with illustrations by Walter Crane: Fable 33.
Pavo et Iuno

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