Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 470
EANWHILE, the Fool dis-coursed to thoseWho used the Sage to follow,They heard, with nods of wise assent,His reasonings gravelyeloquent, Hissounding phra-ses hollow. With spectacles astride his nose,And air insinuating,He urged and argued and explained,And ever eager listeners gained,To hear his… … T night he sought the van-quished Sage,Whose welcome wasbut chilling.■ Well, sir, he cried,with twinkling eye, Are you convinced ?Or shall we tryThe game again ?—//« willing ! No answer did the Sage vouchsafe,But changed his clothes insorrow. And from the grinning Fool he ran,To rise again, a…
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