Exert a rigorous sway,
And lop the too luxuriant boughs away.
Notes from Wikiquote
Very necessary advice to an inexperienced author.
Toil conquered the world, unrelenting toil, and want that pinches when life is hard.
No stranger to trouble myself I am learning to care for the unhappy.
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