The Balloon and the Eagle. A Fable
S B M
Genre: | Poetry |
Subjects: | Aeronautics, Accidents, Piety |
An eagle is jealous of two people in a balloon, until the gas escapes and they plummet to earth. The moral, stated by the eagle, is: 'Thus perish all / Who'd vainly hope to rise / Beyond the sublunary sphere / Allotted by their Maker here / Far into other skies' (380–81). | |
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