Phillips Asked

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    Happy the Man, who void of Cares and Strife,
    In Silken, or in Leathern Purse retains
    A Splendid Shilling: He nor hears with Pain
    New Oysters cry’d, nor sighs for chearful Ale;
    —John Phillips (1676–1709)

    I asked the master Yeats
    Whose great style could not tell
    Why it is man hates
    His own salvation,
    Prefers the way to hell....
    Allen Tate (1899–1979)