Social Commentaries
IV.18 The Mountain in Labor
Translated by Christopher Smart (1887 printing) · From Fables, Book IV
Social Commentaries
The Mountain labor'd, groaning loud,
On which a num'rous gaping crowd
Of noodles came to see the sight,
When, lo! a mouse was brought to light!
This tale's for men of swagg'ring cast,
Whose threats, voluminous and vast,
With all their verse and all their prose,
Can make but little on't, God knows.
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Phaedrus. “IV.18 The Mountain in Labor.” Translated by Christopher Smart. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/phaedrus/77/.
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Phaedrus. “IV.18 The Mountain in Labor.” Translated by Christopher Smart. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/phaedrus/77/.
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