IMITATED FROM PHÆDRUS.

At our birth, the satirical elves

Two sacks from our shoulders suspend:

The one holds the faults of ourselves;

The other, the faults of our friend:

The first we wear under our clothes

Out of sight, out of mind, at the back;

The last is so under our nose,

We know every scrap in the sack.

Household Words, No. 13, June 22, 1850 · 第 9 / 20 题