From trial he wins his spirits light, From busy day the peaceful night Rich, from the very want of wealth, In heaven's best treasures - peace and health.
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Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come, nor care beyond today.Thomas Gray
And hie him home, at evening's close, To sweet repast and calm repose.
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And waste their sweetness on the desert air.
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Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.
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The language of the age is never the language of poetry, except among the French, whose verse, where the thought or image does not support it, differs in nothing from prose.
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Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of death.
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