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THE VAINGLORIOUS OAK
AND
THE MODEST BULRUSH
A bulrush stood on a river’s rim,
And an oak that grew near by
Looked down with cold hauteur on him,
And addressed him this way: "Hi!"
The rush was a proud patrician, and
He retorted, "Don’t you know,
What the veriest boor should understand,
That 'Hi' is low?"
And an oak that grew near by
Looked down with cold hauteur on him,
And addressed him this way: "Hi!"
The rush was a proud patrician, and
He retorted, "Don’t you know,
What the veriest boor should understand,
That 'Hi' is low?"
This cutting rebuke the oak ignored.
He returned, "My slender friend,
I will frankly state that I’m somewhat bored
With the way you bow and bend."
He returned, "My slender friend,
I will frankly state that I’m somewhat bored
With the way you bow and bend."
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