The Bas Bleu (1786) [ People / Practices ]
… Of school, of travel, and of college. If none behold, ah! wherefore fair? Ah! wherefore wise, if none must hear? Our intellectual ore must shine, Not slumber idly in the mine. Let education's moral mint The noblest images imprint; Let … joys to find The image answering to his mind. But sparks electric only strike On souls electrical alike; The flash of intellect expires, Unless it meet congenial fires: The language to th' Elect alone Is, like the Mason's mystery, known; …
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