Good Sense, Which Only Is The Gift

Trace Science, Then, With Modesty Thy Guide, First Strip Off All Her Equipage Of Pride, Deduct What Is But Vanity Or Dress, Or Learning's Luxury Or Idleness, Or Tricks, To Show The Stretch Of The Human Brain Mere Curious Pleasure Or Ingenious Pain.

Man, Like The Generous Vine, Supported Lives; The Strength He Gains Is From The Embrace He Gives.

Whoever Thinks A Faultless Piece To See, Thinks What Ne'er Was, Nor Is, Nor E'er Shall Be.

And Hence One Master-passion In The Breast, Like Aaron's Serpent, Swallows Up The Rest.

How Index-learning Turns No Student Pale, Yet Holds The Eel Of Science By The Tail!