The Cock and the Pearl
Fable de Jean de la Fontaine
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| A cock scratched up, one day, A pearl of purest ray, Which to a jeweller he bore. "I think it fine," he said, "But yet a crumb of bread To me were worth a great deal more." So did a dunce inherit A manuscript of merit, Which to a publisher he bore. "It's good," said he, "I'm told, Yet any coin of gold To me were worth a great deal more." |
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