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Poem by John Heywood


Of Few Words


Few words show men wise, wise men do devise;
Which is ofttime true, and oft otherwise.
In some case silence may as stiffly stand
With folly, as with wisdom, wisely scanned.



John Heywood


John Heywood's other poems:
  1. Of Holding an Inn
  2. Of a Hand-gun and a Hand
  3. Of Treading a Shoe Awry
  4. What God Said to One. Otherwise. Thou art one of them to whom God bade Ho!
  5. A Reward to a Service Man


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