Volume 1 / Part 1 / Act 2 — DAVID EVERETT.

1769-1813.

Lines written for a School Declamation.

You'd scarce expect one of my age To speak in public on the stage; And if I chance to fall below Demosthenes or Cicero, Don't view me with a critic's eye, But pass my imperfections by. Large streams from little fountains flow, Tall oaks from little acorns grow.