Poems of James Clarence Mangan (Many hitherto uncollected): Centenary edition: Edited, with preface and notes by D. J. O'Donoghue: Introduction by John Mitchel |
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GOOD COUNSEL. |
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GOOD COUNSEL.
Tutor not thyself in science: go to masters for perfection;
Also speak thy thoughts aloud:
Whoso in the glass beholdeth nought besides his own reflection
Bides both ignorant and proud.
Also speak thy thoughts aloud:
Whoso in the glass beholdeth nought besides his own reflection
Bides both ignorant and proud.
Study not in one book only: bee-like, rather, at a hundred
Sources gather honeyed lore:
Thou art else that helpless bird which, when her nest has once been plundered,
Ne'er can build another more.
Sources gather honeyed lore:
Thou art else that helpless bird which, when her nest has once been plundered,
Ne'er can build another more.
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