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The Poetical Works of Thomas Pringle

With A Sketch of his Life, by Leitch Ritchie
Pringle, Thomas (1789-1834)

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MEMENTO.

My Son, be this thy simple plan:
Serve God, and love thy brother man;
Forget not in temptation's hour,
That Sin lends Sorrow double power;
Count life a stage upon thy way,
And follow Conscience, come what may:
Alike with heaven and earth sincere,
With hand, and brow, and bosom clear,
‘Fear God—and know no other fear.’
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