No Fool Poem by Francis Duggan

Quite careless with his words he does cause offence
And for his age one would have thought he would have better sense
But some men grow sillier as they grow gray
No fool like an old fool some are known to say.

No fool like an old fool those words are so true
The one who first uttered those words some credit is due
An over-inflated ego of the soul enlightenment deny
And that wisdom comes with age to all does not apply.

I have known young people wise beyond their years
And I have known silly old fellows and silly old dears
Who have not learned from life their sort not hard to find
Then like some will tell you it takes every kind.

He is past his sixtieth year even older than I
Yet he often leaves the pub with a black eye
One cannot teach an old dog any new tricks they say
He has not grown any wiser he has only grown gray.