Sunday, October 17, 2010

Crane: The Two Jars

"Never fear!" said the Brass to the Clay,
Of two jars that the flood bore away:
"Keep you close to my side!"
But the Porcelain replied,
"I'll be smashed if beside you I stay."

OUR FRIEND OUR ENEMY


Source: W. J. Linton's fables in verse, with illustrations by Walter Crane: Fable 34.
Cancri Duo; Ollae Duae

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