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Still, harmless are these occupations,

That hurt none but the hapless student,

Compar'd with other recreations,

Which bring together the imprudent;

14.

Whose daring revels shock the sight,

When vice and infamy combine,

When Drunkenness and dice invite,

As every sense is steep'd in wine.

15.

Not so the methodistic crew,

Who plans of reformation lay:

In humble attitude they sue,

And for the sins of others pray:

16.

Forgetting that their pride of spirit,

Their exultation in their trial,

Detracts most largely from the merit

Of all their boasted self-denial.