A rooster, while scratching for grain,
Found a Pearl. He just paused to explain
That a jewel's no good
To a fowl wanting food,
And then kicked it aside with disdain.

If He Ask Bread Will Ye Give Him A Stone?

(C) Walter Crane
06/30/2019


Best Poems of Walter Crane

• Ye Fairy Ship
• Three Blind Mice
• Lucy Locket
• The Man That Pleased None
• The Crow & The Pitcher
• The Man & The Snake
• London Bridge
• Old Mother Hubbard
• The Dog In The Manger
• The Cat And The Fox
• Little Man & Maid
• Porcupine, Snake, & Company
• Billy Pringle
• My Pretty Maid
• Hercules & The Waggoner
• Queen Summer Or, The Tourney Of The Lily And The Rose
• The Golden Eggs
• The Fisherman & The Fish
• Little Iack Horner
• The Lion In Love
• La Bergë"re