Monday, November 1, 2010

Crane: The Cat and Venus

Might his Cat be a woman, he said:
Venus changed her. The couple were wed,
But a mouse in her sight
Metamorphosed her quite,
And, for bride, a cat found he instead.

NATURE WILL OUT


Source: W. J. Linton's fables in verse, with illustrations by Walter Crane: Fable 49.
Feles et Venus; Mures et Tintinnabulum

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