Mirrors

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Title:     Mirrors
Author: Jared Barhite [More Titles by Barhite]

Some persons in mind are but mirrors
Reflecting what others have thought,
That make no original errors,
They are only able to quote.
You may ask their opinion on matters
That pertain to affairs of the day,
Their minds are but shreds and tatters
Of what all their neighbors say.

We respect the man who is careful
With others his mind to compare,
But who of himself is not fearful
His honest opinion to share
With men, when some public measure
Upon the State has been thrown,--
Who proves his mind a rich treasure
He uses and calls his own.

[The end]
Jared Barhite's poem: Mirrors

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