To An Incompetent Judge I

Of All The Commentaries On The Scriptures, Good Examples Are The Best.

That Which Attempts To Elevate The Ugly To The Level Of Beauty Becomes Neither; But An Obscenity.

O Lord, Never Suffer Us To Think That We Can Stand By Ourselves, And Not Need Thee.

If Ever Any Beauty I Did See, Which I Desired, And Got, 'twas But A Dream Of Thee.

Let Not Thy Divining Heart Forethink Me Any Ill; Destiny May Take Thy Part, And May Thy Fears Fulfill.