JOHN, as he came, so went away,
Consuming capital and pay,
Holding superfluous riches cheap;
The trick of spending time he knew,
Dividing it in portions two,
For idling one, and one for sleep.

(C) Jean De La Fontaine
04/02/2017


Best Poems of Jean De La Fontaine

• The Dove And The Ant.
• The Head And The Tail Of The Serpent.
• The Princess Betrothed To The King Of Garba
• The Nightingale
• The Eel Pie
• The Dog With His Ears Cropped (prose Fable)
• The Man And His Image (prose Fable)
• The Man Between Two Ages, And His Two Mistresses.[1]
• The Dress-maker
• The Gascon
• Epitaph Of La Fontaine Made By Himself
• The Joker And The Fishes.
• The Impossible Thing
• Richard Minutolo
• The Picture
• The Sick Abbess
• The Indiscreet Confessions
• The Case Of Conscience
• The Devil Of Pope-fig Island