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"This in my slumber guards my helpless head,
And when I wake it cheers me on my bed,
And when I walk it rises for my guest,
And when I speak it answers in my breast,
It soothes my sorrows, guides me when I roam,
And when I die it gently leads me home."
APPLICATION OF THE ROMAN PRECEPT,
"Take heed—Cato sees you."
THE Roman teachers said.—"Beware of sin,
Injustice to thy friend, or guilt within,
See that ye break not our most just decrees;
Take heed to what ye do, for Cato sees."
And Oh! were they who bow'd to flesh and blood,
More wise than we who serve the living God?
Forgetful Christian! learn like them to fear,
Not because Cato sees, but God is near.
