Social Commentaries
R.C. Dallas
From Works, ed. Coleridge, vol. VII (1904)
Social Commentaries
YES! wisdom shines in all his mien,
Which would so captivate, I ween,
Wisdom's own goddess Pallas;
That she'd discard her fav'rite owl,
And take for pet a brother fowl,
Sagacious R.C. Dallas.
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Codex Note
First published, Life, Writings, Opinions, etc., 1825, ii. 192.
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