His mind is like a great peak his ego doesn't bow to others he can lecture on the Vedas or discuss the Three Religions in his heart he feels no shame flouting rules and breaking precepts he boasts a law for superior men of whom he is the patriarch fools all sing his praises wise men clap and laugh a will-o'-the-wisp a flower in space how can he avoid old age better to know nothing at all to sit and not speak and have no cares | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INDIAN BURYING GROUND by PHILIP FRENEAU THE TALENTED MAN by WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED ON THE GRASSHOPPER by ANACREON LILIES: 8 by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) WITHER AWAY by THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY |