A man toiled on a burning road, <br />Never resting. <br />Once he saw a fat, stupid ass <br />Grinning at him from a green place. <br />The man cried out in rage, <br />"Ah! Do not deride me, fool! <br />I know you -- <br />All day stuffing your belly, <br />Burying your heart <br />In grass and tender sprouts: <br />It will not suffice you." <br />But the ass only grinned at him from the green place.<br /><br />Stephen Crane<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-man-toiled-on-a-burning-road/
