Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Crane: The Farmer's Treasure

Dig deeply, my Sons! through this field!
There's a Treasure - he died: unrevealed
The spot where 'twas laid,
They dug as he bade;
And the Treasure was found in the yield.

PRODUCTIVE LABOUR IS THE ONLY SOURCE OF WEALTH


Source: W. J. Linton's fables in verse, with illustrations by Walter Crane: Fable 58.
Pater et Filii (de Labore)

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