'THOU art a fool,' said my head to my heart, <br />'Indeed, the greatest of fools thou art, <br />To be led astray by the trick of a tress, <br />By a smiling face or a ribbon smart;' <br />And my heart was in sore distress. <br />Then Phyllis came by, and her face was fair, <br />The light gleamed soft on her raven hair; <br />And her lips were blooming a rosy red. <br />Then my heart spoke out with a right bold air: <br />'Thou art worse than a fool, O head!'<br /><br />Paul Laurence Dunbar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/retort-2/
