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17.
Be by thy bountie known! for since the needs
Of life, so rudely press the bold and wise;
The bounteous heart, all but his God exceeds;
Whom bountie best makes known to Mortal Eyes!
Be by thy bountie known! for since the needs
Of life, so rudely press the bold and wise;
The bounteous heart, all but his God exceeds;
Whom bountie best makes known to Mortal Eyes!
18.
And to be bountefull, be rich! for those
Fam'd Talkers who in Schools did wealth despise,
Taught doctrine, which at whom would Empire lose,
If not believ'd first by their Enemies.
And to be bountefull, be rich! for those
Fam'd Talkers who in Schools did wealth despise,
Taught doctrine, which at whom would Empire lose,
If not believ'd first by their Enemies.
19.
And though in ruling Ministers of State,
The People wretched povertie adore,
(Which Fools call innocence, and wise Men hate
As sloth) yet they rebel for being poor.
And though in ruling Ministers of State,
The People wretched povertie adore,
(Which Fools call innocence, and wise Men hate
As sloth) yet they rebel for being poor.
20.
And to be rich, be diligent! Move on
Like Heav'ns great Movers that inrich the Earth;
Whose Moments sloth would shew the world undone,
And make the Spring straight bury all her birth.
And to be rich, be diligent! Move on
Like Heav'ns great Movers that inrich the Earth;
Whose Moments sloth would shew the world undone,
And make the Spring straight bury all her birth.
21.
Rich are the diligent! who can command
Time, Natures stock! and could his Hour glass fall,
Would, as for seed of Stars, stoop for the sand;
And by incessant Labour gather all.
Rich are the diligent! who can command
Time, Natures stock! and could his Hour glass fall,
Would, as for seed of Stars, stoop for the sand;
And by incessant Labour gather all.
22.
Be kind to Beautie! that unluckie Shrine!
Where all Love's Thieves come bowing to their Prey;
And honour steal; which Beautie makes divine:
Be thou still kind, but never to betray!
Be kind to Beautie! that unluckie Shrine!
Where all Love's Thieves come bowing to their Prey;
And honour steal; which Beautie makes divine:
Be thou still kind, but never to betray!
23.
Heav'n studie more in Nature, than in Schools!
Let Nature's Image never by thee pass
Like unmark'd Time; but those unthinking Fools
Despise, who spie not Godhead through her Glass.
Heav'n studie more in Nature, than in Schools!
Let Nature's Image never by thee pass
Like unmark'd Time; but those unthinking Fools
Despise, who spie not Godhead through her Glass.
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