Epigram—the Raptures Of Folly Poem by Robert Burns

Epigram—the Raptures Of Folly



THOU greybeard, old Wisdom! may boast of thy treasures;
Give me with young Folly to live;
I grant thee thy calm-blooded, time-settled pleasures,
But Folly has raptures to give.

Robert Burns
Friday, November 14, 2014
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Suryendu Chaudhury 03 November 2020

Humour, satire and subtelety.

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