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"See, the white unblemish'd rose
"On a thorny bramble blows: 40
"See, the torrent pouring rain
"Does the limpid fountain stain:
"See, the giver of the day
"Urgeth on, through clouds, his way: 44
"Nothing is, entirely, bless'd;
"Envy does thy worth attest.
"On a thorny bramble blows: 40
"See, the torrent pouring rain
"Does the limpid fountain stain:
"See, the giver of the day
"Urgeth on, through clouds, his way: 44
"Nothing is, entirely, bless'd;
"Envy does thy worth attest.
"Pleasing visions, at command,
"Answer to my voice and hand; 48
"Quick, the blissful scene prepare,
"Sooth the patriot's heavy care:
"Visions, cheering to the sight,
"Give him earnest of delight. 52
"Answer to my voice and hand; 48
"Quick, the blissful scene prepare,
"Sooth the patriot's heavy care:
"Visions, cheering to the sight,
"Give him earnest of delight. 52
"Wise disposer of affairs,
"View the end of all thy cares!
"Forward cast thy ravish'd eyes,
"See the glad'ning harvest rise: 56
"Lo, the people reap thy pain!
"Thine the labour, their the gain.
"Yonder turn, a-while, thy view,
"Turn thee to yon spreading yew, 60
"View the end of all thy cares!
"Forward cast thy ravish'd eyes,
"See the glad'ning harvest rise: 56
"Lo, the people reap thy pain!
"Thine the labour, their the gain.
"Yonder turn, a-while, thy view,
"Turn thee to yon spreading yew, 60
"Once
