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65
TO A FRIEND,
On requesting an explanation of the motto, “Quid est honor?”
Quid est honor? you simply ask;To solve the question no hard task:
'Tis not a lesson taught in schools,
Or to be learnt by grammar rules;
It flows from principles innate,
Without it none can e'er be great:
'Tis nor to age nor sex confin'd,
But reigns despotic o'er the mind:
At once this motto to construe,
He learns it who is known to you.
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