It was six men of Indostan,
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the elephant,
Though all of them were blind,
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.
The first approached the elephant,
And, happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
at once began to bawl :
“God bless me! but the elephant
Is very like a wall!”
The second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried : “Ho! what have we here,
So very round, and smooth, and sharp?
To me ’tis very clear,
This wonder of an elephant
Is very like a spear!”
The third approached …





