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PG-P.749.018
28 Feb 1749:11,12,13,21 (1055)
LUXURY AND WANT, A VISION. [in six sections]
As late I mus'd on fortune's ebb and flow,
Life's airy pleasures, and substantial woe,
The thoughtless mirth that laughs in pleasure's eye,
The boast of vice, and pride of vanity,
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THE HAPPY MAN.
He's not the happy man, to whom is giv'n
A plenteous fortune by indulgent heav'n;
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THE HERMIT'S EMPIRE. A Sapphic Ode
. . . [3 lines in Latin]
A Monarch in my rustic bower
O'er whom even fortune has no power,
Can neither raise, nor sink me lower.
Move how she will.
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THE LADY'S CHOICE. An Ode.
Grant me, kind heav'n! the man that's brave
And wise--no traytor, sycophant, or slave;
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THE PRAYER OF HARRY IV. KING OF FRANCE Paraphras'd.
To thee, O Lord, whose penetrating eye
Sees through the thickest veil, I now prefer
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