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But I, who think more highly of our Kind,
(And surely Heav'n and I are of a mind)
Opine, that Nature, as in duty bound,
Deep hid the shining Mischief under ground:
But when, by Man's audacious Labor won,
Flam'd forth this Rival to its Sire the Sun,
Then, in plain prose, were made two sorts of Men,
To squander some, and some to hide agen.
(And surely Heav'n and I are of a mind)
Opine, that Nature, as in duty bound,
Deep hid the shining Mischief under ground:
But when, by Man's audacious Labor won,
Flam'd forth this Rival to its Sire the Sun,
Then, in plain prose, were made two sorts of Men,
To squander some, and some to hide agen.
Like Doctors thus, when much Dispute has past,
We find our Tenets just the same at last:
Both fairly owning Riches in effect
No Grace of Heav'n, or Token of th' Elect;
Giv'n to the Fool, the Mad, the Vain, the Evil,
To W—rd, to W—t—rs, Ch—rs, and the Devil:
We find our Tenets just the same at last:
Both fairly owning Riches in effect
No Grace of Heav'n, or Token of th' Elect;
Giv'n to the Fool, the Mad, the Vain, the Evil,
To W—rd, to W—t—rs, Ch—rs, and the Devil:
What Nature wants, commodious Gold bestows,
'Tis thus we eat the bread another sows:
But how unequal it bestows, observe,
'Tis thus we riot, while who sow it, starve.
What Nature wants (a phrase I much distrust)
Extends to Luxury, extends to Lust;
And if we count among the Needs of life
Another's Toil, why not another's Wife?
'Tis thus we eat the bread another sows:
But how unequal it bestows, observe,
'Tis thus we riot, while who sow it, starve.
What Nature wants (a phrase I much distrust)
Extends to Luxury, extends to Lust;
And if we count among the Needs of life
Another's Toil, why not another's Wife?
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