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The Blind Men and the Elephant
ОглавлениеIt was six men of Indostan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
The First approach’d the Elephant,
And happening to fall
“God bless me! but the Elephant
Is very like a wall!”
The Second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried, - “Ho! what have we here
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear!”
The Third approached the animal,
And happening the trunk to take
“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant
Is very like a snake!”
The Fourth reached out his eager hand,
And felt about the knee.
“‘Tis clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a tree!”
The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,
Deny the fact who can,
“This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan!”
The Sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast’s tail to grope,
“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant
Is very like a rope!”
And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!
-John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887) (edited version)