ALL are not born to soar -- and ah! how few In tracks where Wisdom leads their paths pursue! Contagious when to wit or wealth allied, Folly and Vice diffuse their venom wide. On Folly every fool his talent tries; It asks some toil to imitate the wise; Tho' few like Fox can speak -- like Pitt can think -- Yet all like Fox can game -- like Pitt can drink. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FLORIDA SUNDAY by SIDNEY LANIER DREAM SONG: 1 by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR HASTE NOT! REST NOT! by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE THE WILLOWS by FRANCIS BRET HARTE EROTION by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE AT FLORENCE by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |