Learn if you must, but do not come to me For truth of what your pleasant neighbor says Behind you of your looks or of your ways, Or of your worth and virtue generally; If he's a pleasure to you, let him be -- Being the same to him; and let your days Be tranquil, having each the other's praise, And each his own opinion peaceably. Two brothers once did love each other well, Yet not so well but that a pungent word From each came stinging home to the wrong ears. The rest would be an overflow to tell, Surely; and you may slowly have inferred That we may not be here a thousand years. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE TERRIBLE SONNETS: 3 by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS ISAAC AND ARCHIBALD by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON IDYLLS OF THE KING: TO THE QUEEN by ALFRED TENNYSON PROVERBS 25, SELECTION by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE AN AUTUMN TRINKET by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN |