Fable
The Olive-Tree and the Fig-Tree
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
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Fable
The One-Eyed Doe
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Proverb
The one-eyed is a king in the land of the blind.
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 Orphan Boy and the Magic Stone
Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.
Fable
The Owl and the Birds
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Ox and the Frog
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Oxen and the Axle-Trees
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Oxen and the Butchers
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Panther and the Shepherds
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Partridge and the Fowler
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Poetry
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
A shepherd promises fields, flowers, fine clothes, music, and May dances to persuade his beloved to share an ideal pastoral life.
Fable
The Peacock and Juno
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Peacock and the Crane
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Peasant and the Apple-Tree
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Peasant and the Eagle
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Philosopher, the Ants, and Mercury
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Poetry
The Picture of Little T. C. in a Prospect of Flowers
Watching a child name and play among flowers, the speaker foresees her future power over lovers, asks for terms before her eyes learn to wound, and ends warning her to spare the buds lest Flora nip her in the blossom.
Fable
The Playful Ass
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Pomegranate, Apple-Tree, and Bramble
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Porker, the Sheep, and the Goat
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Proverb
The pot calls the kettle black bottom.
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 pride of the cobbler's dog, that took the wall of a wagon of hay, and was squeezed to death.
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 priest christens his own child first.
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 Primrose
In two matched stanzas of question and answer, the speaker explains that he sends a dew-covered primrose because love's sweets are mixed with tears, and that the flower's sickly colour and bending stalk show a lover's fainting hopes.