Why I Don't Know Anything About Current Events

Who hath a book
Has friends at hand,
And gold and gear
At his command;

And rich estates,
If he but look
Are held by him
Who hath a book.

Who hath a book
Has but to read
And he may be
A king indeed;

His kingdom is
His inglenook;
All this is his
Who hath a book.

Wilbur D. Nesbit