A golden Egg, one every day,
That simpleton's Goose used to lay;
So he killed the poor thing,
Swifter fortune to bring,
And dined off his fortune that day.

Greed Overeaches Itself

(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