THREE PHILOSOPHERS

Locke:
The tulip came into this garden with an empty cup.
The morning poured the sun’s wine into it and lit it up.

Kant:
The tulip has a gusto for the wine sunbeams distil,
And came out of Eternity’s night with a cup to fill.

Bergson:
With neither wine nor cup did it come from Eternity:
It is its branded heart that gives it all its ardency.