 | Rudyard Kipling's Verse |  |
[The beasts are very wise]
The beasts are very wise,Their mouths are clean of lies,
They talk one to the other,
Bullock to bullock's brother
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Each in stall with his neighbours.
But man with goad and whip
Breaks up their fellowship,
Shouts in their silky ears
Filling their soul with fears.
When he has ploughed the land,
He says: “They understand.”
But the beasts in stall together,
Freed from the yoke and tether,
Say as the torn flanks smoke:
“Nay, 'twas the whip that spoke.”
| Rudyard Kipling's Verse | |