More Than a Fool’s Song
(To Edward Perry)
GO LOOK for beauty where you least
Expect to hear her hive;
Regale your belly with a feast
Of hunger till you thrive.
Expect to hear her hive;
Regale your belly with a feast
Of hunger till you thrive.
For honest treatment seek the thief;
For truth consult the liar;
Court pleasure in the halls of grief;
Find smoothness on a briar.
For truth consult the liar;
Court pleasure in the halls of grief;
Find smoothness on a briar.
The worth impearled in chastity
Is known best of the harlot,
And courage throws her panoply
On many a native varlet.
Is known best of the harlot,
And courage throws her panoply
On many a native varlet.
In Christian practice those who move
To symbols strange to us
May reckon clearer of His love
Than we who own His cross.
To symbols strange to us
May reckon clearer of His love
Than we who own His cross.
The world’s a curious riddle thrown
Water-wise from heaven’s cup;
The souls we think are hurtling down
Perhaps are climbing up.
Water-wise from heaven’s cup;
The souls we think are hurtling down
Perhaps are climbing up.