In Praise of the Mind
 
 

Robert Bly
 
 

It’s so lovely to

Do nothing, to be

Nothing, to be

A man with a small voice.
 
 
 
 

It’s good to admire Tacitus

And the big-nosed Romans.

They are still in that nook

Over there in the wall.
 
 
 
 

That square in Rome ?

Old Rembrandt prints

And broccoli, the divine

And a dear wife . . .
 
 
 
 

To have thoughts!

There is no end to

All this sweetness

Of being no one.