Art thou a magistrate? then be severe:
If studious; copy fair, what time hath blurred;
Redeem truth from his jaws: if soldier,
Chase brave employments with a naked sword
Throughout the world. Fool not: for all may have,
If they dare try, a glorious life, or grave.
"Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." - T.J. "Stonewall" Jackson
Thursday, May 30, 2013
George Herbert, Again
The following excerpt from George Herbert's The Temple - The Church-Porch, Perirrhanterium (the 15th stanza):
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