Madmoments: or First Verseattempts By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison |
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OBSERVE ALL THINGS CAREFULLY.
Tho' even not a Father, scorn not thouTo look on the least child with serious eye;
'Tis only from a Child, that thoroughly
Thou canst know what a child is. Books can show,
At best, but false or feeble Copies; tho'
The living specimen is ever nigh,
Philosophers, just for this, pass it by,
The sole source whence real knowledge e'er can flow.
Be thou then not so foolish; keep thy mind,
Thy heart and senses open — feel, live, see;
Wouldst thou know what a Man is, thou must be
Thyself a Man: each thing in its own kind,
Is comprehended but by sympathy,
And without this thou mightst as well be blind!
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