More from John, 2nd Earl of Rochester Wilmot

  1. For Wits are treated just like Common Whores; First they're enjoy'd, and then kickt out of Doors.
  2. Most Men are Cowards, all Men should be Knaves. The Difference lies, as far as I can see, Not in the thing it self, but the Degree.
  3. Then Old Age, and Experience, hand in hand, Lead him to death, and make him understand, After a Search so painful, and so long, That all hi…
  4. But a meek humble Man of modest Sense, Who, Preaching Peace, does practice Continence; Whose pious life's a proof he does believe, Mysterio…
  5. Whilst the misguided Follower climbs with Pain, Mountains of Whimsies, heapt in his own Brain, Stumbling from Thought to Thought, falls hea…
  6. Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on; He never says a foolish thing, Nor ever does a wise one.
  7. Reason, an Ignis fatuus of the Mind, Which leaves the light of Nature, Sense, behind.
  8. And ever since the Conquest have been fools.

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