Most tolerant of men, my neighbor Thinks that every side Of any situation should Be opened clear and wide. He pushes back his spectacles, Pulls on his trusty pipe, Looks at his shoes, and says he thinks That now the time is ripe For hearing every man's opinion. "Can't no harm be done," He says, "in hearing all ideas; Now just take me, for one --" He weights the gentle air with words. He never will relent For long enough to glimpse the way Another's thoughts are bent. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PHILOSOPHER by EMILY JANE BRONTE TO COLE, THE PAINTER, DEPARTING FOR EUROPE by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT TO A MOUSE, ON TURNING HER UP IN HER NEST WITH THE PLOUGH by ROBERT BURNS BY THE ALMA RIVER by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 2 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI SONNET: 29 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE |