Message, , to you I bear;
You was my Friend, are now my Care.
Your sprightly Wit, that all admire,
Is an unlicens'd lawless Fire.
Restrain its wild impetuous Course;
And give your Reason all its Force.
And let that Reason be your Rule:
Things sacred bear no Ridicule.
Be to your better Self but true,
Then ev'ry Grace will shine in You.