
“It is better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be stupid and speak lies.”
Proverbs 19:1 http://www.jw.org/en/publications/bible/nwt/books/proverbs/19/
[Proverbs, 19:13, KJV] (KJV)
Variant translation:
“It is better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be stupid and speak lies.”
Proverbs 19:1 http://www.jw.org/en/publications/bible/nwt/books/proverbs/19/
Christ, Old Student in a New School (1972)
Context: That so much time was wasted in this pain.
Ten thousand years ago he might have let off down
To not return again!
A dreadful laugh at last escapes his lips;
The laughter sets him free.
A Fool lives in the Universe! he cries.
The Fool is me!
And with one final shake of laughter
Breaks his bonds.
The nails fall skittering to marble floors.
And Christ, knelt at the rail, sees miracle
As Man steps down in amiable wisdom
To give himself what no one else can give:
His liberty.
“Her lips on his could tell him better than all her stumbling words.”
“Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway,
And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.”
Source: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 179.
“Some poor fool has been saying in his heart
Glory is out of date in life and art.”
Dedication (1960)
Context: Everyone knows the glory of the twain
Who gave America the aeroplane
To ride the whirlwind and the hurricane.
Some poor fool has been saying in his heart
Glory is out of date in life and art.
Our venture in revolution and outlawry
Has justified itself in freedom's story
Right down to now in glory upon glory.