Bestiaria Latina: English Aesop
English versions of Aesop's fables.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Boothby: The Bull and the Calf
A Bull within a narrow lane,
Striving his way by force to gain,
A Calf would teach him how to turn.
"Fool, I knew that e'er thou wert born,"
The Bull replied. Let this suffice,
Who wiser than themselves advise.
Source:
Boothby - Phaedrus 5.9
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