<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=413902" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Futility</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The scarecrow dressed in cast off clothes.<br>Sticks grimly to his given task<br> But does he frighten off the crows, <br> that is the question we must ask.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When he is new perhaps he will <br>but crows are wise and realise.<br>This ragged figure stands stock still<br> and will not take them by surprise.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He cannot move, inanimate.<br>Which leaves then free to eat their fill.<br> A guardian quite inadequate.<br>He does not and he never will.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Frighten the crows who are too wise <br>to be afraid of straw stuffed clothes<br>Though he appears in manly guise <br>he can’t deter the hungry crows.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The scarecrow fails in his attempt.<br>He never really stood a chance<br>Crows treat him with amused contempt<br>and disregard his vigilance.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">5-Aug-08</div><div style="margin:10px 0">http: // blog.myspace.com/poeticpiers</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ivor+Or+Ivor.e+Hogg">Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=413902" data-title="Futility de Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg" data-description="The scarecrow dressed in cast off clothes. Sticks grimly to his given task But does he frighten off the crows, that is the question we must ask. When he is new perhaps he will but crows are wise and realise. This ragged figure stands stock st..."></div> </div> </div>

solid border dashed border dotted border double border groove border ridge border inset border outset border no border blue green red purple cyan gold silver black