This is folly's prominent vein
To favour loss and forego gain.
Folly of follies is to lead
A lewd and lawless life so bad.
Shameless, aimless, callous, listlcs
Such are the marks of foolishneis.
No fool equals the fool who learns
Knows, teaches, but self-control spurns.
The fool suffers sevenfold hells
In single birth of hellish ills.
A know-nothing fool daring a deed
Not only fails but feels fettered.
Strangers feast and kinsmen fast
When fools mishandle fortunes vast.
Fools possessing something on hand
Like dazed and drunken stupids stand.
Friendship with fools is highly sweet
For without a groan we part.
Entrance of fools where Savants meet
Looks like couch trod by unclean feet.
FOLLY
