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So pleased at first the towering Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales and seem to tread the sky, The eternal snows appear already passed And the first clouds and mountains seem the last. SO PLEASED AT FIRST THE TOW'RING ALPS WE TRY MOUNT O'ER THE ALPS AND SEEM TO THREAD THE SKY THE ETERNAL SNOWS APPEAR ALREADY PAST AND THE FIRST CLOUDS ON MOUNTAINS SEEM THE LAST
t and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools. Whatever nature has in worth denied, She gives in large recruits of needful pride; For as in bodies, thus in souls, we find What wants in blood and spirits, swelled with wind: Pride where wit fails steps in to our defense, And fills up all the mighty void of sense. If once right reason drives that cloud away, Truth breaks upon us with resistless day Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, Make use of every friend--and every foe. A little learning is a dangerous thing Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring [216] There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. Fired at first sight with what the muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take nor see the lengths behind But more advanced behold with strange surprise, New distant scenes of endless science rise! SPIRE TO BLIND MAN'S ERR IN JUDGMENT AND MISGUIDE THE MIND WHAT THE WEAK HEAD WHICH STRONGEST SPIRES RULES IS PRIDE THE NEVER FAILING VICE OF FOOLS WHAT NATURE HAS IN WORTH DENIED SHE GIVES IN LARGE RECRUITS OF NEEDFUL PRIDE FOR AS IN BODIES THUS IN SOUL WE FIND WHAT ONCE IN BLOOD AND SPIRIT SWELLED WITH WIND PRIDE WHEREWITH FAILS STEPS INTO OUR DEFENCE AND FILLS UP ALL THE MIGHTY VOID OF SENSE IF ONE'S RIGHT REASON DRIVES THAT CLOUD AWAY TRUTH BREAKS UPON US WITH RESISTLESS DAYS TRUST NOT YOURSELF BUT YET AFFECTS TO KNOW MAKE USE OF EVERY FRIEND AND EVERY FOE A LITTLE LEARNING IS A DANGEROUS THING DRINK DIP OR TASTE NOT THE PERIOD SPRING THERE SHALLOW DROUGHTS INTOXICATE THE BRAINS AND DRINKING LARGELY SOBERS US AGAIN FIRED AT FIRST SIGHT WITH WHAT THE MUSING PARTS IN FEARLESS YOUTH WE TEMPT THE HEIGHT OF ART WHILE FROM THE BOUNDED LEVELS OF OUR MINDS SHARP VIEWS WE TAKE NOR SEE THE LANDS BEHIND BUT MORE ADVANCED WE HOLD WITH STRANGE SURPRISE NEW DISTANT SCENES OF ENDLESS SCIENCE RISE
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