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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN OLD SAW, by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE First Line: The man who knows and knows he knows Last Line: To live and die a fool. Subject(s): Ignorance; Dullness; Stupdity | |||
THE man who knows and knows he knows, To him your homage bring; He wields the power that waits and wins, And he is rightful king. Let him who does not know, and knows He does not know, be classed As heir of all things everywhere, For he will know at last. But whosoever does not know, And, here in life's great school, Knows not he does not know, is doomed To live and die a fool. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BUFFALO CLOUDS OVER THE MAESTRO HOON by NORMAN DUBIE SIMPLE PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA by NORMAN DUBIE I'M WITH STUPID by PETER JOHNSON ELECTION DAY, 1984 by CAROLYN KIZER AN AMERICAN IN BANGKOK by KAREN SWENSON FESTOONS OF FISHES by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG TO A BLOCKHEAD by ALEXANDER POPE THE CASE OF SABRINA SIMPSON USCH by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A BIT OF MULL by FREDERICK HENRY HERBERT ADLER A LADY'S PORTRAIT by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE |
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