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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
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.
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