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If mind, as ancient sages taught,
A never dying flame,
Still shifts thro' matter's varying forms,
In every form the same, Beware, lest in the worm you crush
A brother's soul you find;
And tremble lest thy luckless hand
Dislodge a kindred mind.

Anna Laetitia Barbauld

Many things I knew, I have forgotten; many things I thought I knew, I find I know nothing about; some things I know, I have found not worth knowing; and some things I would give — O what would one not give to know? are beyond the reach of human ken.

Anna Laetitia Barbauld

Come calm content serene and sweet,
O gently guide my pilgrim feet
To find thy hermit cell.

Anna Laetitia Barbauld