Why should I join with those in Play, <br />In whom I've no delight, <br />Who curse and swear, but never pray, <br />Who call ill Names, and fight. <br /> <br />I hate to hear a wanton Song, <br />Their Words offend my Ears: <br />I should not dare defile my Tongue <br />With Language such as theirs. <br /> <br />Away from Fools I'll turn my Eyes, <br />Nor with the Scoffers go; <br />I would be walking with the Wise, <br />That wiser I may grow. <br /> <br />From one rude Boy that's us'd to mock <br />Ten learn the wicked Jest; <br />One sickly Sheep infects the Flock, <br />And poysons all the rest.<br /><br />Isaac Watts<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/against-evil-company/
