IT was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The First approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy... The Poems of John Godfrey Saxe - Page 259by John Godfrey Saxe - 1873 - 491 pagesFull view - About this book
| Tom Hood - 1869 - 292 pages
...leave the choice to me, I'll die, so please you, of old age !" THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT. JG SAXE. IT was six men of Indostan, To learning much inclined,...; That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. 1}\e first approached the elephant, And happening to fall Aguinst his broad and sturdy side, At once... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1871 - 410 pages
...is well known by his humorous poetry, much of which has attained great and deserved popularity.] 1. IT was six men of Indostan, To learning much inclined,...blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. 2. The first approached the elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once... | |
| Philosophical Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.) - 1913 - 248 pages
...of proper development of these senses be in much the same plight as the "six blind men of Indoostan who went to see the elephant, though all of them were blind'"! If there is some possibility in this direction, how about the power of stimulating or interpreting... | |
| Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1875 - 348 pages
...earth—then, and not till then—let my epitaph be written! I have done. OIL—THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT. IT was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined,...blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. 2. The first approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once... | |
| John Godfrey Saxe - 1876 - 516 pages
...favor worthy ends, A cudgel for his enemies, 259 THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT. A HINDOO FABLE. L IT was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined,...blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. IL The First approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once... | |
| William Darrah - 1876 - 206 pages
...demands a war of extermination against it. THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT. [A HINDOO FARLE.] JG SAXE. IT was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined,...blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The First approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once... | |
| 1876 - 734 pages
...glory of my glory, the perfection of niy perfection. Richard Baxter. THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT. IT was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined,...blind,) That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The Firnt approached the Elephant, And, happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once... | |
| William James Linton - 1878 - 470 pages
...Heaven has past. JOHN GODFEEY SAXE. Born at Highgate, Vermont, 1816 — THE BLIND MEN AND TEE ELEPHANT. IT was six men of Indostan, To learning much inclined,...blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The First approach' d the Elephant, And, happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1878 - 400 pages
...is well known by his humorous poetry, much of which has attained great and deserved popularity. ] 1. IT was six men of Indostan, To learning much inclined,...blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. 2. The first approached the elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once... | |
| Choice poems - 1879 - 206 pages
...but wag my hat, And thank him, I do feel a little shy. William Barnes. (See page 114.) THE ELEPHANT.1 IT was six men of Indostan, To learning much inclined,...blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The first approach'd the Elephant, And, happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once... | |
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