Pearls tilted at foul swine are priceless lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For when the errant horseman, prideful, rides<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Toward the mill where lies his goal in joust,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His pearls are grist\u2014a meal made of his pride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While foe sups well, the hero hungers still<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And searches vainly for the stones he\u2019s thrown,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Erewhile the foe does thrust his sword at will,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And pearls in balance, weighed, exact their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Does one so rash take heed and lessons learn,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That faith is bliss and life a deadly school?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or does he carry on and justly earn<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The coat of arms and heraldry of fool?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whose life would end in quest of Golden Fleece<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Should quit and pray for rest in faithful peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pearls tilted at foul swine are priceless lost. For when the errant horseman, prideful, rides Toward the mill where lies his goal in joust, His pearls are grist\u2014a meal made of his pride. While foe sups well, the hero hungers still And searches vainly for the stones he\u2019s thrown, Erewhile the foe does thrust his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rlo-poetry"],"yoast_head":"\n