It came to pass That "Brother Ass" (As he his Body named,) Unto the Saint Thus made complaint: "I am unjustly blamed. "Whate'er I do, Like Balaam you Requite me with a blow, As for offence To recompense An ignominious foe. "God made us one, And I have done No wickedness alone; Nor can I do Apart, as you, An evil all my own. "If Passion stir, 'Tis you that spur My frenzy to the goal; Then be the blame Where sits the shame, Upon the goading soul. "Should one or both Be blind or loth Our brotherhood to see, Remember this, You needs must miss Or enter heaven through @3me@1." To this complaint The lowly saint In tears replied, "Alas, If so it be, God punish me And bless thee, Brother Ass." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TWO OF A TRADE by SAMUEL WILLOUGHBY DUFFIELD NIGHT AND DAY by SIDNEY LANIER THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW (SEPTEMBER 25, 1857) by ROBERT TRAILL SPENCE LOWELL IDYLLS OF THE KING: THE LAST TOURNAMENT by ALFRED TENNYSON MONA LISA by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS FOOLS OF DREAM by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON EPILOGUE: HURLO-THRUMBO; A PLAY BY SAMUEL JOHNSON by JOHN BYROM |