THE PACK-SADDLE
A Famous painter, jealous of his
wife;
Whose charms he valued more than fame or
life,
When going on a journey used his art,
To paint an ass upon a certain part,
(Umbilical, ’tis ...
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The French poet and man of letters Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) was one of the great French classical authors. He preferred to work in relatively minor and unexploited genres, such as the fable and...
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Jean de La Fontaine is best known for his Fables choisies, mises en vers (Selected Fables, Put into Verse), published in twelve books from 1668 to 1693. Comprising more than two hundred short poems di...
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