Original poems on several subjects In two volumes. By William Stevenson |
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To A CLERGYMAN Too fond of appearing in Print. |
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To A CLERGYMAN Too fond of appearing in Print.
Write on, your trade is, all agree,
Argumentorum vi probare,
Eve ate of the forbidden tree,
Et quod humanum est errare.
Argumentorum vi probare,
Eve ate of the forbidden tree,
Et quod humanum est errare.
Practice and Theory ne'er should part.
Example teaches mankind more,
Fixes the judgment, gains the heart,
Than Precept, hackney'd o'er and o'er.
Example teaches mankind more,
Fixes the judgment, gains the heart,
Than Precept, hackney'd o'er and o'er.
| Original poems on several subjects | |