fool's paradise n.
A state of delusive contentment or false hope.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,
Fourth EditionCopyright © 2006
by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
"Only a fool would refuse to enter a fool's paradise when that's the only paradise he'll ever have a chance to enter."
(Jessamyn West)
Kinkade, "Starway to Paradise"
A Fairly Sad Tale
I think that I shall never know
Why I am thus, and I am so.
Around me, other girls inspire
In men the rush and roar of fire,
The sweet transparency of glass,
The tenderness of April grass,
The durability of granite;
But me- I don't know how to plan it.
The lads I've met in Cupid's deadlock
Were- shall we say?- born out of wedlock.
They broke my heart, they stilled my song,
And said they had to run along,
Explaining, so to sop my tears,
First came their parents or careers.
But ever does experience
Deny me wisdom, calm, and sense!
Though she's a fool who seeks to capture
The twenty-first fine, careless rapture,
I must go on, till ends my rope,
Who from my birth was cursed with hope.
A heart in half is chaste, archaic;
But mine resembles a mosaic-
The thing's become ridiculous!
Why am I so? Why am I thus?
Dorothy Parker
