Clergyman's

“Never let us utter what we never can know,”
— And chiefly when it works another's woe.- John Hoole

“For while the treason I detest,”
— The traitor still I love.- John Hoole

“And Neptune's white herds low above the wave.”
— John Hoole

“Behold the state of man's unstable mind,”
— Still prone to change with every changing wind!All our resolves are weak, but weakest proveWhere sprung from sense of disappointed love.- John Hoole

“To others never do”
— That which yourselves would wish undone to you.- John Hoole

“When highest placed on giddy Fortune's wheel,”
— Unhappy man must soon expect to feelA sad reverse, and in the changing roundWith rapid whirl as sudden touch the ground.- John Hoole

“The toils of honour dignify repose.”
— John Hoole

“Of all the sex this certain truth is known,”
— No woman yet was ever content with one.- John Hoole

“Love what we see can from our sight remove,”
— And things invisible are seen by Love.- John Hoole

“For oft the grace”
— Of costly vest improves a beauteous face.- John Hoole

“Tis often constancy to change the mind.”
— John Hoole

“What has that wretched damsel left to boast,”
— What good on earth, whose virtuous praise is lost?- John Hoole