Fable
The Monkeys and Their Mother
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
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The Moon
《月亮》A public-domain English poem that observes the night world under moonlight from a child's viewpoint.
Work
The Moon
《月亮》
A public-domain English poem that observes the night world under moonlight from a child's viewpoint.
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史Authored by · Source-attestedRobert Louis StevensonThe Moon appears in Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses.
→维Historical period · Source-attestedVictorian eraThe subject is located in this historical period.
→童Form · Source-attestedChildren's poemThe subject uses the children's poem form.
→月Included in theme · Textually attestedMoonlight, Home and ReunionThe subject enters the theme from its own cultural position.
→月Uses motif · Textually attestedMoonlight motifThe text uses the moon as an interpretable motif or cultural image.
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The more haste the worse speed.
A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.
Proverb
The more rogue the more luck.
A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.
Fable
The Mother and the Wolf
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Mountain in Labor
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Mouse and the Bull
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Proverb
The mouse that has but one hole is soon caught.
A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.
Fable
The Mouse, the Frog, and the Hawk
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Mule
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Mules and the Robbers
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Proverb
The nearer the church, the farther from God.
A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.
Poetry
The Noble Balm
Writing to a friend whose wound is already healing under better care, the speaker sends instead a moral medicine folded in the letter: having won honour in one full action, the friend should now rein in his hand and hold his fame reverently.
Fable
The North Wind and the Sun
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Oak and the Reeds
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Oak and the Woodcutters
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Oaks and Jupiter
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Proverb
The office shows the man.
A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.
Proverb
The old horse may die waiting for new grass.
A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.
Fable
The Old Hound
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Old Lion
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Old Man and Death
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Old Woman and the Physician
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Old Woman and the Wine-Jar
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.