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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NECESSARY OBSERVATIONS: 20TH PRECEPT, by THOMAS RANDOLPH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: If with a stranger thou discourse, first learn
Last Line: Then do thou speak, that he may learn by thee.
First Line: If with a stranger thou discourse, first learn
Last Line: Then do thou speak, that he may learn by thee.
If with a stranger thou discourse, first learn
By strictest observations to discern
If he be wiser than thyself; if so,
Be dumb, and rather choose by him to know:
But if thyself perchance the wiser be,
Then do thou speak, that he may learn by thee.
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