The road not taken by Robert Frost. By John Berryman. we do but dutifully travel. Convinced him that this was a bad speculation; So, mortified deeply, his footsteps retrod he. Aesop, in Rhyme: Old Friends in a Dr. Nibblecheese rose, and said, "I would propose. white, inconspicuous flowers. Where'er he comes, with scorn they leave him. Two men were traveling in company along the road when one of them picked up a well-filled purse. going to keep it.". That my bill will make excellent forceps; Said the bird, "It's agreed;" said his patient, "Proceed. "I have found a purse. "And I think 'twould be prudent, the next to put by. Just then they heard a shout of Stop, thief! and looking around, saw a mob of people armed with clubs coming down the road. Moral: We cannot expect anyone to share our misfortunes unless we are willing to share our good fortune also. Which, should you not know, is but little disgrace. Judging by its weight it must be full of gold." She would not by the fox quite so soon have been cheated; But perhaps the term biped to some may be new: 'Tis a two-legged creatureperchance it is you. "Six shillings a pairfivefourthree-and-six. pray, ma'am, how do you do, For a twelvemonth has pass'd, since I heard of you last. We cannot expect any one to share our misfortunes unless we are Rather say we have found a purse and how lucky we are. Travelers are ought to share alike the fortunes or misfortunes of the road., No, no, disagreed the other angrily. "Mercy," said he, "My father was a dunce, [241]The rat, approached, thinking to make. moral. And how the silence surged softly backward. "Be it so," said his friend, "but what sound do I hear? JSTOR and the Poetry Foundation are collaborating to digitize, preserve, and extend access to Poetry. "How lucky I am!" The man who had found the purse fell into a panic. We are lost if they find the purse on us, he cried. And so I never imagined that when peace would finally come. [111]"Look at this head it naught contains. }); Why they take but one grain at a time when they feed. moral. Two men were traveling in company along the road when one of them picked up a well-filled purse. Two men were traveling in company along the road when one of them picked up a well-filled purse. The frog, imaged the dinner he would make; Suddenly, flying from a neighboring wood. Source: Poetry (April 1948) And gibe and jeer and mock and flout him; 'No,' says the God, 'they chose their lot, In peace, lest something worse should come. Or with the lark dost thou poor mimic, vie, These other birds possessing twice thy fire.
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