Oft has my soul, puff’d up with pride,
The truths of sacred writ denied,
And to myself I still have said,
Sure mankind ne’er of dust was made,
Till thou, dear Peg, revers’d my creed,
And shew’d me, we are dirt indeed.
Thought.
Relate your story simply, and never forget that overcharged accusations will always assume in the eyes of the court the appearance of calumny.