Oh, reader! if that thou canst read—and know,
’Tis not enough to spell, or even to read,
To constitute a reader—there must go
Virtues of which both you and I have need;—
Firstly, begin with the beginning—(though
That clause is hard); and secondly, proceed:
Thirdly, commence not with the end—or, sinning
In this sort, end at last with the beginning.