Folk Tale

The Mountain in Labor

Translated From

Mons Parturiens

AuthorPhaedrus
Book TitleFabulae Aesopiae
Publication Date41
LanguageLatin

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Text titleLanguageAuthorPublication Date
La Montagne qui accouche. French__
TitleThe Mountain in Labor
Original TitleMons Parturiens
Original AuthorPhaedrus
Original IDtrans-7880.xml
Book AuthorC. Smart
Language codeeng

The Mountain labor'd, groaning loud, On which a num'rous gaping crowd Of noodles came to see the sight, When, lo ! a mouse was brought to light! This tale 's for men of swagg'ring cast, Whose threats, voluminous and vast, With all their verse and all their prose, Can make but little on 't, God knows.


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