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SCHOLARS by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

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First Line: LOGIC DOES WELL AT SCHOOL
Last Line: AND WAKES TO DREAM ALL NIGHT.
Subject(s): SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;
Logic does well at school;
And Reason answers every question right;
Poll-parrot Memory unwinds her spool;
And Copy-cat keeps Teacher well in sight:

The Heart's a truant; nothing does by rule;
Safe in its wisdom, is taken for a fool;
Nods through the morning on the dunce's stool;
And wakes to dream all night.


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