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What cruel answer have I heard And yet by heaven I love thee still Can ought be cruel from thy lip? Yet say how fell that bitter word From lips which streams of sweetness fill Which nought but drops of honey sip. Go boldly forth my simple lay Whose accents flow with artless ease Like orient pearls at random strung. Thy notes are sweet the damsels say But oh far sweeter; if they please The nymph [[underline]] for whom these [[/underline]] notes are sung. The outward actions of a young person in the moments of recreation, study, conversation with his associates, furnish grounds for an early knowledge of his Heart, & a sure intimation of his principles, or rather propensities. On these the Parent ought to build the superstructure of education.
