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Starting from the original parable, different versions of the story have been written, which are described in books and on the internet under titles such as The Taoist Farmer, The Farmer and his Horse, The Father, His Son and the Horse, The Old Man Loses a Horse, etc. The story is mostly cited in philosophical or religious texts and management ...
The Old Whim Horse is a poem by Australian writer and poet Edward Dyson. It was first published in The Bulletin magazine on 30 July 1892, [ 1 ] and later in the poet's collection Rhymes from the Mines and Other Lines (1896).
Poems referring to the Period of Old Age. 1800 Animal Tranquillity and Decay 1798 Former titles: Bore the title of: "Old Man Travelling; Animal Tranquillity and Decay, a Sketch" in the 1798 edition and "Animal Tranquillity and Decay. A Sketch. " in the 1800 edition. "The little hedgerow birds," Poems referring to the Period of Old Age. 1798 ...
The want of a nayle looseth the shooe, the losse of shooe troubles the horse, the horse indangereth the rider, the rider breaking his ranke molests the company, so farre as to hazard the whole Army". (1629 Thomas Adams (clergyman) , "The Works of Thomas Adams: The Sum of His Sermons, Meditations, And Other Divine And Moral Discourses", p. 714 ...
old man from the frontier lost his horse: a blessing in disguise See Huainanzi: 刻舟求劍 (kè zhōu qiú jiàn) carve the boat in search of the sword approach without considering the reality of a situation See Lüshi Chunqiu: 火中取栗 (huǒ zhōng qǔ lì) take chestnuts out of the fire Someone acting in another's interest
"Animal Tranquillity and Decay, A Sketch", also known as "Old Man travelling" is a poem written by William Wordsworth.It was published in 1798 in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads – a collection of poems created in collaboration with Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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Meeting defeat, the old man takes Hadingus with him onto his horse as they flee to the old man's house, and the two drink an invigorating draught. The old man sings a prophecy, and takes Hadingus back to where he found him on his horse. During the ride back, Hadingus trembles beneath the old man's mantle, and peers out of its holes. Hadingus ...