Classic Poem

Of Good and Ill.

Ill IS no more then IS a meere Defect;
Defect of GOOD Is ill , yet Ill IS not:
For what IS was made good , then, no Effect
But Defect Ill is; yet IS Ill a Blot .

Yet Ill IS not; because not made it is:
For All that IS (besides the MAKER) was
Made good; so good, that nought was made amisse:
Then Ill IS nought, which nought can bring to passe.

But is Ill nought? why then it IS, though nought:
But Nought is nothing: then, IS Nothing? No.
Yet is it Nought , descending still from Ought
So then it IS, and yet it is not so
All this is true; if so then Nothing IS
Which cannot Bee; and yet it IS amisse.