Anonymous

Wars create empires: wars destroy empires,

So this I give unto you my honourable sires

Show more love than you receive

And surely alone you will never grieve

My latter poet says, “Little learning

(Can of course be) a dangerous thing.”

So drink deep from the sacred spring.

Be partly mad. Follow the counsel o’ Bacon

Surely, you shall get the crown.

Condemn not books for study’s good.

                                                          ‘Tis true

That nature is art unknown mostly by you

Refrain your tongue from evil:

By always following your will.

Think, weigh before you utter

(So that most often you do not err)

Since words are the keys to hearts of men.

Seek peace and pursue it most often.

Most important, stay far away

From stupid n’ profound discussions.