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When whoso merely hath a little thought

Will plainly think the thought which is in him,—

Not imaging another's bright or dim,

Not mangling with new words what others taught;

When whoso speaks, from having either sought

Or only found,—will speak, not just to skim

A shallow surface with words made and trim,

But in that very speech the matter brought:

Be not too keen to cry—“So this is all!—

A thing I might myself have thought as well,

But would not say it, for it was not worth!”

Ask: “Is this truth?” For is it still to tell

That, be the theme a point or the whole earth,

Truth is a circle, perfect, great or small?