I.

The Naughty Man;OR,SIR THOMAS BROWN.I.

The Naughty Man;

OR,

SIR THOMAS BROWN.

LESSONS we learn from what we daily seeOf good or evil, if philosophy,Based on those greatFirst Truths, will hold the mindWithin its limits—happiness to find.Those greatFirst Truthswill teach the human soulThat the equator lies not at the pole,That man before his own nose cannot walk,That man without his palate cannot talk;That gravitation tends not to the sky,But to Earth’s center, should he try to fly.

LESSONS we learn from what we daily seeOf good or evil, if philosophy,Based on those greatFirst Truths, will hold the mindWithin its limits—happiness to find.Those greatFirst Truthswill teach the human soulThat the equator lies not at the pole,That man before his own nose cannot walk,That man without his palate cannot talk;That gravitation tends not to the sky,But to Earth’s center, should he try to fly.

LESSONS we learn from what we daily see

LESSONS we learn from what we daily see

Of good or evil, if philosophy,

Based on those greatFirst Truths, will hold the mind

Within its limits—happiness to find.

Those greatFirst Truthswill teach the human soul

That the equator lies not at the pole,

That man before his own nose cannot walk,

That man without his palate cannot talk;

That gravitation tends not to the sky,

But to Earth’s center, should he try to fly.

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