Friday 30 April 2010

The Scholars - W.B. Yeats


BALD heads forgetful of their sins,
Old, learned, respectable bald heads
Edit and annotate the lines
That young men, tossing on their beds,
Rhymed out in love's despair
To flatter beauty's ignorant ear.

They'll cough in the ink to the world's end;
Wear out the carpet with their shoes
Earning respect; have no strange friend;
If they have sinned nobody knows.
Lord what would they say
Should their Catullus walk that way?

Thursday 29 April 2010

The Law the Lawyers Know Nothing About - H.D.C. Pepler

The law the lawyers know about
Is property and land;
But why the leaves are on the trees,
And why the waves disturb the seas,
And why honey is the food of bees,
Why horses have such tender knees,
Why winters come when rivers freeze,
Why Faith is more than what one sees,
And Hope survives the worst disease,
And Charity is more than these,
They do not understand.