Fragment XXI: The worldly minded and the worldly wise

The worldly minded and the worldly wise,
In ignorance and arrogance despise
All talents and attainments but their own:
Wisdom is theirs, they think, and theirs alone.
But no! the lessons of deceit and wrong,
In point of fact, are neither hard nor long ;
Prohibits some from practising their skill :
And many know them ;—but a better will
Some have a taste for good, and some for ill.