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Baby's Own Aesop (1887)

30. The Lion and The Statue (Perry 284)

On a statue king Lion dethroned,
Showing conqueror Man, Lion frowned.
"If a Lion, you know,
Had been sculptor, he'd show
Lion rampant, and Man on the ground."

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