 | Poems by John Godfrey Saxe. Complete in one volume : thirty-fifth edition |  |
Slaves to Consistency and prudent fears,
As if mistakes grew sacred with their years!
Fearful of change, and much ashamed to show
They 're wiser now than twenty years ago,
Because, forsooth, 't would make the matter plain
They once were wrong, and may be so again!
As if mistakes grew sacred with their years!
Fearful of change, and much ashamed to show
They 're wiser now than twenty years ago,
Because, forsooth, 't would make the matter plain
They once were wrong, and may be so again!
| Poems by John Godfrey Saxe. Complete in one volume : thirty-fifth edition | |