NECESSARY OBSERVATIONS: 20TH PRECEPT, by THOMAS RANDOLPHPoet AnalysisPoet's Biography
First Line: If with a stranger thou discourse, first learn Last Line: Then do thou speak, that he may learn by thee.
If with a stranger thou discourse, first learn By strictest observations to discern If he be wiser than thyself; if so, Be dumb, and rather choose by him to know: But if thyself perchance the wiser be, Then do thou speak, that he may learn by thee.
