Whatever be thy fate today,

Remember, this will pass away!

And so of dogs 't were wrong to dogmatize

Without discrimination or degree;

For one may see, with half a pair of eyes,

That they have characters as well as we.

The wise may find in trifles light as atoms in the air, some useful lesson to enrich the mind.

I love vast libraries; yet there is a doubt,

If one be better with them or without--

Unless he use them wisely, and, indeed,

Knows the high art of what and how to read.