John Godfrey Saxe, The poems of John Godfrey Saxe (1872)
“ V. The Fourth reached out his eager hand, And felt about the knee. "What most this wondrous beast is like Is mighty plain," quoth he; "'T is clear enough the Elephant Is very like a tree!" ”
John Godfrey Saxe
Quotes from The poems of John Godfrey Saxe (John Godfrey Saxe)
John Godfrey Saxe, The poems of John Godfrey Saxe (1872)
“ THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT. A HINDOO FABLE. I. ”
John Godfrey Saxe, The poems of John Godfrey Saxe (1872)
“ Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong! MORAL. So, oft in theologic wars The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each other mean, And prate about an Elephant Not one of them has seen! ”
