O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more

O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.

In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.

In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.

Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and read more

Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.

He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.

He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.

The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]

The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]

He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
[He that will learn to pray, let him read more

He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
[He that will learn to pray, let him go to Sea.]

The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.

The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.

But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a read more

But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and
drained.

Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself read more

Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?