With gay descriptions sprinkle here and there
Some grave instructive sentences with care,
That touch on life, some moral good pursue,
And give us virtue in a transient view;
Rules, which the future sire may make his own,
And point the golden precepts to his son. (Marco Girolamo Vida)

With gay descriptions sprinkle here and there Some grave instructive sentences with care, That touch on life, some moral good pursue, And give us virtue in a transient view; Rules, which the future sire may make his own, And point the golden precepts to his son.

Marco Girolamo Vida

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