Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

LINES WRITTEN ON WINDOWS OF THE GLOBE INN, DUMFRIES by ROBERT BURNS

Poet Analysis

First Line: THOU GREYBEARD, OLD WISDOM, MAY BOAST OF THY TREASURES
Last Line: BUT FOLLY HAS RAPTURES TO GIVE.
Subject(s): RELIGION; WIT & HUMOR;
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.



Home: PoetryExplorer.net