Copper Sun (Cullen)/More Than a Fool's Song
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More Than a Fool’s Song
(To Edward Perry)
GO LOOK for beauty where you leastExpect to hear her hive;Regale your belly with a feastOf hunger till you thrive.
For honest treatment seek the thief;For truth consult the liar;Court pleasure in the halls of grief;Find smoothness on a briar.
The worth impearled in chastityIs known best of the harlot,And courage throws her panoplyOn many a native varlet.
In Christian practice those who moveTo symbols strange to usMay reckon clearer of His loveThan we who own His cross.
The world’s a curious riddle thrownWater-wise from heaven’s cup;The souls we think are hurtling downPerhaps are climbing up.