Why call a lady Blue? It is because
She reads, converses, studies for applause;
And therefore all that she desires to know
Is just as much as she can fairly show.
The real knowledge we in secret hide;
It is the counterfeit that makes our pride.
“A little knowledge is a dangerous thing”—
So sings the Poet, and so let him sing;
But, if from little learning danger rose, 50
I know not who in safety could repose.