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MISCELLANEOUS.
Upon the raw Fruit of the nobler Kind,
And by their nibbling on the outward Rind
Open the Pores, and make Way for the Sun
To rip'n it sooner, than he wou'd have done.
As all Fanatics preach, so all Men write
Out of the Strength of Gifts and inward Light,
In Spite of Art, as Horses thorough pac'd
Were never taught, and therefore go more fast.
In all Mistakes the strict and regular
Are found to be the desp'ratst Ways to err,
And worst to be avoided, as a Wound
Is said to be the harder cur'd, that's round:
For Error and Mistake, the less th' appear,
In th' End are found to be the dangerouser;
As no Man minds those Clocks, that use to go
Apparently too over-fast, or slow.
The truest Characters of Ignorance
Are Vanity, and Pride, and Arrogance;
As blind Men use to bear their Noses higher,
Than those that have their Eyes and Sight entire,
And by their nibbling on the outward Rind
Open the Pores, and make Way for the Sun
To rip'n it sooner, than he wou'd have done.
As all Fanatics preach, so all Men write
Out of the Strength of Gifts and inward Light,
In Spite of Art, as Horses thorough pac'd
Were never taught, and therefore go more fast.
In all Mistakes the strict and regular
Are found to be the desp'ratst Ways to err,
And worst to be avoided, as a Wound
Is said to be the harder cur'd, that's round:
For Error and Mistake, the less th' appear,
In th' End are found to be the dangerouser;
As no Man minds those Clocks, that use to go
Apparently too over-fast, or slow.
The truest Characters of Ignorance
Are Vanity, and Pride, and Arrogance;
As blind Men use to bear their Noses higher,
Than those that have their Eyes and Sight entire,
