There is no dealing with a lack of brains.”
“True I am hopeless to behold him man,
But let me make the booby what I can:
Though the rude stone no polish will display,
Yet you may strip the rugged coat away.”
Stephen beheld his books - “I love to know
How money goes - now here is that to show:
And now” he cried, “I shall be pleased to get
Beyond the Bible - there I puzzle yet.”
He spoke abash’d - “Nay, nay!” the friend replied,