Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Crane: The Stag in The Ox Stall

Safe enough lay the poor hunted Deer
In the ox-stall, with nothing to fear
From the careless-eyed men:
Till the Master came; then
There was no hiding-place for the Deer.

AN EYE IS KEEN IN ITS OWN INTEREST


Source: W. J. Linton's fables in verse, with illustrations by Walter Crane: Fable 46.
Cervus in Stabulo; Cervus Fugiens et Leo

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