Wordsworth, Elizabeth -- “Good and Clever,” st. 1-2 (1890)

Dave — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:51:23 +0000

If all the good people were clever;
And all clever people were good,
The world would be nicer than ever
We thought that it possibly could.

But somehow ’tis seldom or never
The two hit it off as they should,
The good are so harsh to the clever,
The clever, so rude to the good!

Elizabeth Wordsworth (1840–1932) English poet, novelist, author
“Good and Clever,” st. 1-2 (1890)

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