Valentine Verses or, Lines of Truth, Love, and Virtue. By the Reverend Richard Cobbold |
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WIT AND WISDOM. |
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WIT AND WISDOM.
Wit and Wisdom chanced to meet
At turn, in corner of the street;
And came so close, in contact round,
That Wit fell sprawling on the ground.
“I wish,” said Wit, “you'd keep the road,
“And be more sprightly; you're a load,
“So deadly heavy, that your knock
“Is harder, than the hardest block.”
At turn, in corner of the street;
And came so close, in contact round,
That Wit fell sprawling on the ground.
“I wish,” said Wit, “you'd keep the road,
“And be more sprightly; you're a load,
“So deadly heavy, that your knock
“Is harder, than the hardest block.”
“I knock'd thee down,” good Wisdom said;
“But get thee up, and don't upbraid.
“In future, let us if we may,
“Pursue together the same way,
“That all may know, and understand,
“That Wit and Wisdom, hand in hand,
“Are like true lovers who proceed,
“The surest, safest way to speed.”
“But get thee up, and don't upbraid.
“In future, let us if we may,
“Pursue together the same way,
“That all may know, and understand,
“That Wit and Wisdom, hand in hand,
“Are like true lovers who proceed,
“The surest, safest way to speed.”
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