Versos English George E. Merkley Moral

English poem

Moral

by (1865–1904)

Listen in the reader

All ye who read, whatever be your state, Bear well in mind the frog’s unhappy fate. How wise you deem yourself, how great a seer, ’Tis vain to boast, the world cares not to hear. There’s danger oft in speech, be well aware— The cloak of wisdom is not hard to bear.