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First Line: Theme no poet gladly sung
Last Line: Thanks the atoms that cohere.
Variant Title(s): Motto To 'prudence'
Subject(s): Prudence; Caution


Theme no poet gladly sung,
Fair to old and foul to young,
Scorn not thou the love of parts,
And the articles of arts.
Grandeur of the perfect sphere
Thanks the atoms that cohere.





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