Classic Poem

Behold how Nature doth exert her might
To keep mankind upon the path of Right.
While on the contrary observe how strong
Her efforts to repress him when he's wrong.
Each petty fault she visits with her wrath
And makes him strictly follow virtue's path.
The Highest Good she ever keeps in view,
But Moderation she enforces too.
The slothful man to energy is spurr'd
By the example of the early bird,
While the too early worm's untimely fate
Shows the advantages of being late.
Thus all her lessons are beneficent
If only we are certain what is meant,
And the whole world, correctly understood,
Gives every satisfaction to the Good.