A FABLE <br /> <br />When beasts by words their meanings could declare, <br />Some well-dressed men and women did repair <br />To gaze upon two monkeys at a fair: <br /> <br /> <br />And one who was the spokesman in the place <br />Said, in their countenance you might plainly trace <br />The likeness of a withered old man's face. <br /> <br /> <br />His observation none impeached or blamed, <br />But every man and woman when 'twas named <br />Drew in the head, or slunk away ashamed. <br /> <br /> <br />One monkey, who had more pride than the other, <br />His infinite chagrin could scarcely smother; <br />But Pug the wiser said unto his brother: <br /> <br /> <br />'The slights and coolness of this human nation <br />Should give a sensible ape no mortification; <br />'Tis thus they always serve a poor relation.'<br /><br />Charles Lamb<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-men-and-women-and-the-monkeys/
