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fable. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, vol. 9 (Poems) [1909]

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The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, in 12 vols. Fireside Edition (Boston and New York, 1909).

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fable.

    • The mountain and the squirrel
    • Had a quarrel,
    • And the former called the latter ‘Little Prig;
    • Bun replied,
    • ‘You are doubtless very big;
    • But all sorts of things and weather
    • Must be taken in together,
    • To make up a year
    • And a sphere.
    • And I think it no disgrace
    • To occupy my place.
    • If I'im not so large as you,
    • You are not so small as I,
    • And not half so spry.
    • I'll not deny you make
    • A very pretty squirrel track;
    • Talents differ; all is well and wisely put;
    • If I cannot carry forests on my back,
    • Neither can you crack a nut’