The custom among the ancients - As Priscian testifies - Was to speak quite obscurely In the books they wrote, So that those who were to come afterAnd study themMight gloss the letterAnd supply its significance from their own wisdomPhilosophers knew this, They understood among themselvesThat the more time they spent, The more subtle their minds would becomeAnd the better they would know how to keep themFrom whatever was to be avoided. He who would guard himself from vice Should study and understandAnd begin a weighty workBy which he might keep vice at a distance,

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