Building sky-high pavilions is useless climbing hundred-foot towers is vain practicing yoga you'll still die young indulging in books won't get you enfeoffed why should you follow a yellow beak and why must you loathe a white head even if you're not straight as an arrow at least don't be crooked as a hook | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BALLAD OF HUMAN LIFE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES SONGS IN ABSENCE: 7. THE SHIP by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH THE FALL OF HYPERION; A DREAM by JOHN KEATS AFTER DEATH by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI YOUTH AND CALM by MATTHEW ARNOLD A SONG OF CONTRDICTIONS by SAMUEL LAMAN BLANCHARD |