Poetry Friday -- Newton and the Apple

Newton and the Apple;or, GravityThere must have been a Devil in the treehe sat beneath, that toss'd him Knowledge down(though not of Good and Evil, certainly).The day would wane, and he still in his gownwould sit unmoving on his bed, his eyesfix'd on the empty air, and never eat.As people say, 'tis folly to be wise.His Wisdom look'd like runes, imprinted neatas any madman's scribble, meant to