A Fool Monologue from The Hour Glass

From The Hour Glass by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats

male · philosophical · 1:07 min

Such a great wise teacher as you are will not refuse a penny to a Fool. (WISE MAN: What do you know about wisdom?) Oh, I know! I know what I have seen. (WISE MAN: What is it you have seen?) When I went by Kilcluan where the bells used to be ringing at the break of every day, I could hear nothing but the people snoring in their houses. When I went by Tubbervanach where the young men used to be climbing the hill to the blessed well, they were sitting at the crossroads playing cards. When I went by Carrigoras where the friars used to be fasting and serving the poor, I saw them drinking wine and obeying their wives. And when I asked what misfortune had brought all these changes, they said it was no misfortune, but it was the wisdom they had learned from your teaching.

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