The Ass
Here is a tale for artists and for writers: There was an ass, in other words, a critic, Who brayed and balked and kicked most analytic, And waved long ears above his brother smiters. He could not tell a rose-tree from a thistle, But oft mistook the one thing for the other; Then wagged his ears most wisely at some brother, Sent him his he-haw for the Penny Whistle. A poet sent his volume to him' kindly Asking for criticism. You might know it: He made one mouthful of it, weed and flower. There rose a cry that he had done it blindly. 'Twas poetry! What! would he kill a poet! Not he! The ass had brayed him into power.
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