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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PROUD FROG, by GAIUS JULIUS PHAEDRUS Poet's Biography First Line: When poor men to expences run Last Line: She raged and puffed, and burst in two. Subject(s): Animals; Fables; Frogs; Pride; Size And Shape; Allegories; Self-esteem; Self-respect | |||
When poor men to expences run, And ape their betters, they're undone. An Ox the Frog a grazing viewed, And envying his magnitude, She puffs her wrinkled skin, and tries To vie with his enormous size: Then asks her young to own at least That she was bigger than the beast -- They answer, No -- With might and main She swells and strains, and swells again. "Now for it, who has got the day?" The Ox is larger still, they say. At length, with more and more ado, She raged and puffed, and burst in two. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROCK AND HAWK by ROBINSON JEFFERS GODOLPHIN HORNE, WHO WAS CURSED WITH THE SIN OF PRIDE, AND BECAME A BOOT-BLACK by HILAIRE BELLOC PRIDE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE THIN EDGE OF YOUR PRIDE: 1 by KENNETH REXROTH PRIMER LESSON by CARL SANDBURG HAEC FABULA DOCET by ROBERT FROST VICTIM OF HIMSELF by MARVIN BELL AESOP AT PLAY by GAIUS JULIUS PHAEDRUS |
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