The breast of each, knows right from sin.

But thou art wild and weak of soul,

And spurnest, like thy race, control;

The true and right thou canst not find,

The blind consulting with the blind.

Incline thine ear and I will teach

The cause that prompts my present speech.

This tempest of thy soul assuage,

Nor blame me in thine idle rage.

On this great sin thy thoughts bestow,