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III.
Whose unambitious, active, soul
Attends the welfare of the whole,
When publick storms arise,
And, in the calm, a thousand ways 20
Diversifies his nights and days,
Still elegantly wise;
While books, each morn, the lightsom soul invite,
And friends with season'd mirth improve the night. 24
Whose unambitious, active, soul
Attends the welfare of the whole,
When publick storms arise,
And, in the calm, a thousand ways 20
Diversifies his nights and days,
Still elegantly wise;
While books, each morn, the lightsom soul invite,
And friends with season'd mirth improve the night. 24
IV.
In him do men no blemish see;
And factions in his praise agree,
When most they vex the state:
Distinguish'd favourite of the skies, 28
Belov'd he lives, lamented dies:
Yet, shall he not to fate
Submit entire; the rescuing muse shall save
His precious name, and win him from the grave. 32
In him do men no blemish see;
And factions in his praise agree,
When most they vex the state:
Distinguish'd favourite of the skies, 28
Belov'd he lives, lamented dies:
Yet, shall he not to fate
Submit entire; the rescuing muse shall save
His precious name, and win him from the grave. 32
V.
Too frail is brass and polish'd stone;
Perpetual fame the muse alone
On merit can bestow:
Yet, must the time-enduring song, 36
The verse unrival'd by the throng,
From nature's bounty flow:
Too frail is brass and polish'd stone;
Perpetual fame the muse alone
On merit can bestow:
Yet, must the time-enduring song, 36
The verse unrival'd by the throng,
From nature's bounty flow:
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