Classic Poem

Interlinked is truth to duty, have you had the precious thought,
That the truth in bringing blessings is with duty ever fraught?
Duty is the truth in motion, all its powers put in frame,
Working through a vast creation, things of God in virtue's name.

Duty scales the highest mountains, fathoms out the deepest sea,
Gets the scope of starry heaven, catches whispers of the lee,
Opens mysteries of nature, finds recesses of the soul,
Wheresoever truth is founded, faithful duty finds the goal.

'Tis a sin against your Maker, 'tis a crime against mankind,
To yourself it works an evil which the end will surely find,
It deserves the scholar's contempt and the frowns of all the rest,
If a precious truth is harbored and concealed within your breast.

If you part the truth from duty then a curse attends your way,
Wrong enthroned will hoist his banner working evil all the day,
Grasp the truth and cling to duty, yea, unite them into one,
And a crown of life awaits you when the things of time are done.