[Pg 54]

To man is given the keys of heaven

If they be rightly used;

No being born but must be shorn

If blessings are abused.

Keep well the trust! Guard it we must,

From in and outward foes,

Strength will be gained, might be attained

By efforts to oppose

The secret vice that doth entice

To ruin and despair;

But he who will hath power to kill

Such vice within its lair.

Let habits grand the life command

And Eden is regained;

No future bliss need surpass this

If habits are unstained.

Let smiling face your presence grace

And earth will smile on you,

Let from the tongue a song be sung,

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