A man toiled on a burning road, Never resting. Once he saw a fat, stupid ass Grinning at him from a green place. The man cried out in rage, "Ah! Do not deride me, fool! "I know you -- "All day stuffing your belly, "Burying your heart "In grass and tender sprouts: "It will not suffice you." "But the ass only grinned at him from the green place. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EASTER HYMN by GEORGE SANTAYANA DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI: 1. EMBARKATION by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER |