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golden rules in rhyme.
Confide in Friendship's right good-will,
But not too often task it;
"It is the highest price we pay
For any thing, to ask it."
But not too often task it;
"It is the highest price we pay
For any thing, to ask it."
If Nature's glorious overture
Discordant seem to be, love,
Be sure your heart is out of tune,
And try the sounding key, love!
Discordant seem to be, love,
Be sure your heart is out of tune,
And try the sounding key, love!
Let more than the domestic mill
Be turned by Feeling's river;
Let Charity "begin at home,"
But not stay there forever.
Be turned by Feeling's river;
Let Charity "begin at home,"
But not stay there forever.
Look on the poor with pitying eyes,
And "reason not the need;"
For angels in that mean disguise
May often ask their meed.
And "reason not the need;"
For angels in that mean disguise
May often ask their meed.
But if a debt by honor seal'd
Uncancell'd yet remain,
Oh, ne'er to generous impulse yield
What Justice asks in vain!
Uncancell'd yet remain,
Oh, ne'er to generous impulse yield
What Justice asks in vain!
