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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DONKEY LOADED WITH RELICS, by JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Some relics on a donkey being tied Last Line: But only to his circumstance and station. Subject(s): Donkeys; Fables; Burros; Allegories | |||
SOME relics on a donkey being tied, The beast imagined as he proudly strode, Men bowed unto himself and not his load, And thought their "Aves" to himself applied. Some one who saw his error said aloud "Dull donkey, do not let your mind grow proud With such an idle whim. Incense and hymn Are for the holy relics that you carry, And these alone deserve such adoration." Men bow not to an ignorant functionary, But only to his circumstance and station. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CYMON AND IPHIGENIA by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO SIGISMONDA AND GUISCARDO by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO THE CHARACTER OF A GOOD PARSON by GEOFFREY CHAUCER THE COCK AND THE FOX, OR THE TALE OF THE NUN'S PRIEST by GEOFFREY CHAUCER TIME, REAL AND IMAGINARY; AN ALLEGORY by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE GLADYS AND HER ISLAND; AN IMPERFECT TALE WITH DOUBTFUL MORAL by JEAN INGELOW THE WOLF AND THE DOG by JEAN DE LA FONTAINE THE WOLF AND THE DOG by JEAN DE LA FONTAINE |
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