The Peasant And His Angry Lord (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
ONCE on a time, as hist'ry's page relates,A lord, possessed of many large estates,Was angry with a poor and humble ...
ONCE on a time, as hist'ry's page relates,A lord, possessed of many large estates,Was angry with a poor and humble ...
EXAMPLE often proves of sov'reign use;At other times it cherishes abuse;'Tis not my purpose, howsoe'er, to tellWhich of the two ...
A DEMON, blacker in his skin than heart,So great a charm was prompted to impart;To one in love, that he ...
IF once in love, you'll soon invention findAnd not to cunning tricks and freaks be blind;The youngest 'prentice, when he ...
HOW weak is man! how changeable his mind!His promises are naught, too oft we find;I vowed (I hope in tolerable ...
WHO knows the world will never feel surprise,When men are duped by artful women's eves;Though death his weapon freely will ...
AS WILLIAM walking with his wife was seen,A man of rank admired her lovely mien.Who gave you such a charming ...
A COUNTRYMAN, one day, his calf had lost,And, seeking it, a neighbouring forest crossed;The tallest tree that in the district ...
SICK, Alice grown, and fearing dire event,Some friend advised a servant should be sentHer confessor to bring and ease her ...
I'M now disposed to give a pretty tale; Love laughs at what I've sworn and will prevail; Men, gods, and ...
EXAMPLE often proves of sov'reign use; At other times it cherishes abuse; 'Tis not my purpose, howsoe'er, to tell Which ...
I LATELY vowed to leave the nuns alone, So oft their freaks have in my page been shown. The subject ...
THE change of food enjoyment is to man; In this, t'include the woman is my plan. I cannot guess why ...
ONCE more permit me, nuns, and this the last; I can't resist, whatever may have passed, But must relate, what ...
NO city I to Rheims would e'er prefer: Of France the pride and honour I aver; The Holy Ampoule and ...
WHAT various ways in which a thing is told Some truth abuse, while others fiction hold; In stories we invention ...
THE Lombard princes oft pervade my mind; The present tale Boccace relates you'll find; Agiluf was the noble monarch's name; ...
NO easy matter 'tis to hold, Against its owner's will, the fleece Who troubled by the itching smart Of Cupid's ...
OFT have I seen in wedlock with surprise, That most forgot from which true bliss would rise When marriage for ...
SOLICITED I've been to give a tale, In which (though true, decorum must prevail), The subject from a picture shall ...
HOW weak is man! how changeable his mind! His promises are naught, too oft we find; I vowed (I hope ...
THE worst of ills, with jealousy compared, Are trifling torments ev'ry where declared. IMAGINE, to yourself a silly fool, To ...
FLORENTINE we now design to show;-- A greater blockhead ne'er appeared below; It seems a prudent woman he had wed, ...
A DEMON, blacker in his skin than heart, So great a charm was prompted to impart; To one in love, ...
AS WILLIAM walking with his wife was seen, A man of rank admired her lovely mien. Who gave you such ...
WHEN Venus and Hypocrisy combine, Oft pranks are played that show a deep design; Men are but men, and friars ...
WHEN William went from home (a trader styled): Six months his better half he left with child, A simple, comely, ...
I RECOLLECT, that lately much I blamed, The sort of lover, avaricious named; And if in opposites we reason see, ...
NEAR Rome, of yore, close to the Florence road, Was seen a humble innkeeper's abode; Small sums were charged; few ...
SOME time ago from Rome, in smart array, A younger brother homeward bent his way, Not much improved, as frequently ...
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