If he were taught, that honour must ensue;
The father's views were in a different line;
But if at college he were sure to shine,
Then should he go—to prosper, who could doubt—
When school-boy stigmas would be all wash'd out;
For there were marks upon his youthful face,
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'Twixt vice and error—a neglected case:
These would submit to skill; a little time,
And none could trace the error or the crime;