E. A. Woodward - Bald Heads; Outside and In lyrics

Judge not a man by his smooth, shining pate, When from his dome time has the covering shorn, And left that space like desert plains, forlorn, While oft beneath are brains which compensate. Think not that hair great sense must indicate, That sheltering locks do all wise heads adorn, For in his skull man's power to think was born, And wisdom's charms oft hairless crowns ornate. Skulls void of hair without, and lacking brains, When sportive nature works some foolish prank, For which misfortune naught could recompense; Still without hair, or with, this truth remains, That human heads that reach life's highest rank, Are those adorned with brains and common sense.