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The Poems of John Byrom

Edited by Adolphus William Ward

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Zeal and Meekness.

Zeal without Meekness like a Ship at Sea
To rising Storms may soon become a Prey;
And Meekness without Zeal is like the same,
When a dead Calm stops every sailing Aim.