The Blind Men and the Elephant Look for the deeper meaning to this poem. The author is anonymous. Enjoy! It was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined (Though all of them were blind). That each by observation And happening to fall 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 mighty clear This wonder of an Elephant Is very like a spear!" The Third approached the animal And happening to take