We plead for some almighty power

To save from such our precious youth.

No ray of truth can ever shine

To beautify and make divine

The heart and mind of anxious soul,

When doubts and fears have full control

Of him who knows he blindly leads.

If human minds and souls and hearts

May not command those who have arts

And power to waken, lead, inspire,

Then knowledge fails of her desire,

And Ignorance on Wisdom feeds.

[Pg 28]

Let science, art, didactic skill,

Be guided by unyielding will

Born in some earnest, patient one

Whose heart glows like the summer sun

And warms all by its ardent fire;

Whose interest is so intense

It readily itself imprints

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