Calmly by mine own hand and follow after
That tenderness that somehow passed me by,
That tenderness that will not let me be.
HUMILITY
Take counsel, O my friend, of your heart's pride,
And choose the proud thing alway. Never heed
The "wretched, rash, intruding fools" of the world,
Nor take the half-truths that life brings old men
For wisdom: nor the naked indecencies
That purity-mongers have shamed children with