Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 468
onest sir, he cried aloud, I can but wonder whether That pondrous mass of learned stuffYou carry there be dry enough To shield you from this weather! Peace, motley Fool! the Sage replied. Men think you monstrous clever. Would you were truly wise, like me ! Alack ! I think you fain would beA motley… … HE Sage raised eyes and hands to heaven ;When, as it chanced, hestumbled.And in a muddy ditch, and deep,—A sight to make the hard-ened weep ! —The man of learning tumbled. Now, faith, exclaimed the laughing Fool,His bells, hilarious, tinkling, 1 11 prove my words are sound and true !You shall be 1,…
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