The wise know
Emotions need to be kept low,
Or we will spoil
All the excellence and toil.
Let slow emotions be so small
We will not think jealous thoughts at all.
Let the fast emotions die
Which kill in the blink of an eye.
Let’s put all our emotions on the page
To make harmless every kind of rage.
Come, let me read this poem to you
About the wise, and what they knew.