Note 64 — Chapter V

"Be Folly and False-seeming free to affect Whatever formal gait of Discipline Shall raise them highest in their own esteem: Let them parade amongst the Schools at will, But spare the House of God! Was ever known The witless shepherd who persists to drive A flock that thirsts not to a pool disliked? A weight must surely hang on days begun And ended with such mockery. Be wise, Ye Presidents[64] and Deans, and to your bells Give seasonable rest, for 'tis a sound Hollow as ever vexed the tranquil air; And your officious doings bring disgrace On the plain steeples of our English Church, Whose worship, 'mid remotest village trees Suffers for this."