Some are bewilder'd in the Maze of Schools,
And some made Coxcombs Nature meant but Fools.
Some are bewilder'd in the Maze of Schools,
And some made Coxcombs Nature meant but Fools.
As yet a child, not yet a fool to fame, I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
Fired that the house reject him, 'Sdeath I'll print it, And shame the fools.'
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool, But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is not a poet.
The fool is happy that he knows no more.
Woman and Fool are two hard things to hit;
For true No-meaning puzzles more than Wit.
We think our Fathers Fools, so wise we grow;
Our wiser Sons, no doubt, will think us so.
The learned is happy, nature to explore; The fool is happy, that he knows no more.
What the weak head with stronger bias rules, Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.
Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.
Thus unlamented pass the proud away,
The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day!
Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories