Home » Scottish poets » Robert Burns

Epigram—The Raptures of Folly

Robert Burns

THOU greybeard, old Wisdom! may boast of thy treasures;
Give me with young Folly to live;
I grant thee thy calm-blooded, time-settled pleasures,
But Folly has raptures to give.




Quotes of the Day

I was the kid next door's imaginary friend.
• Emo Philips


Poems of the Day
    Josephine Miles

    To A Metaphysical Amazon
    If you had world more durable to walk on, Would your quick heels Still earnestly construct a firmer pavement Than any street reveals? And ...