too busy to be wise
Ye nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes,
Whom Pleasure keeps too busy to be wise,
Whom Joys with soft varieties invite,
By day the frolic, and the dance by night,
Who frown with vanity, who smile with art,
And ask the latest fashion of the heart,
What care, what rules your heedless charms shall save,
Each nymph your rival, and each youth your slave?Samuel Johnson, The Vanity of Human Wishes
“Play Days” by Harriet Frishmuth, Como Park Conservatory, St. Paul.
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