1 ~6 POIDl8 OJ' Jlln'L'ECTION .Aln> 8EIITUIRT.
Take what thy brother offers thee; perchance
The simplest nature may have woke to see
.At eatly morn an Angel in the sun,
.And brought from him great measage to thy aouL
In all thou doest first of all be true
To thine 0'11\'ll coneciousneaa, to man, to God.
Jl.ulU&.AoAU I tread
The walk, still verdnn~ under oaks and elrua,
Whose outspre&d branches overarch the glade ;
The roof, thou~rh moveable through all ita length,
As the wind sways it, hae yet well sufficed,
And, intercepting in their silent fall
The frequent Sakes, baa kept a path for me.
No noilile is here, or none that hinders thought.
The redbreast waTblea still, but is content
With slender notes, and more than half euppress'd :
PleMed with billaolitucle, and ftitting light
From spray to spray, where'er be re11ta he ababa
Froru many a twig the pe~~dant drops of ice,
That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below.
StillneBB accompanied with aonnchs so soft,
Charms more than silence. Meditation heM
May think dowtl hours to momenta. Here the heaf1,
May give a usefulleBBOn to the bead,
And learning wiser grow without his books.
Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one,
Bave oft...timee no connection. Knowledge dwe11a
In bends replete with thoughts of other men;
Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Knowledge, a rude, ouprofit.nble maes,
The mere materials with which wisdom builrle,
Till smooth'd, and squared, and fitted to ita place,
Doea hut encumber whom it seems to enrich.
Knowledge is proud that he biUI learn'd so much ;
Wisdom is humble that he knoW'S no more.
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