Happy the man, whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound,
Content to breathe his native air,
In his own ground.
(Ode On Solitude)
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Then share thy pain, allow that sad relief;
Ah, more than share it!
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Authors, like coins, grow dear as they grow old It is the rust we value, not the gold.
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Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire.
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Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.
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Musick resembles Poetry, in each
Are nameless Graces which no Methods teach,
And which a Master-Hand alone can reach.
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