The Frightened Lion - Vintage Walter Crane Limerick

A Bullfrog according to rule
Sat a-croak in his usual pool
And he laughed in his heart
As a lion did start
In a fright from the brink like a fool.

Imaginary fears are the worst.

Hercules & The Waggoner - A Vintage Walter Crane Limerick

When the God saw the Waggoner kneel,
Crying, "Hercules! Lift me my wheel,
From the mud where 'tis stuck!"
He laughed - "No such luck;
Set your shoulder yourself to the wheel."

The gods help those who help themselves.