Silvestre de Sacy189

To our Master, go! Pledge

Yourself, O little book, snug-serene;

Here at the beginning, here at the end,

Alpha and Omega, East and West.

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We’ve uttered good counsel now

And devoted much of our days to that;

If it sounds discordant to the human ear –

Well, a messenger’s duty is to speak. Enough!190