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To real joy we work our way,
encountering many a shock,
Ere found what truly charms; as found
a Venus in the block.
encountering many a shock,
Ere found what truly charms; as found
a Venus in the block.
In some disaster, some severe
appointment for our sins,
That mother blessing, (not so call'd)
true happiness, begins.
appointment for our sins,
That mother blessing, (not so call'd)
true happiness, begins.
No martyr e'er defy'd the flames,
by stings of life unvext;
First rose some quarrel with this world,
then passion for the next.
by stings of life unvext;
First rose some quarrel with this world,
then passion for the next.
You see, then, pangs are parent pangs,
the pangs of happy birth;
Pangs, by which only can be born
true happiness on earth.
the pangs of happy birth;
Pangs, by which only can be born
true happiness on earth.
The peopled earth look all around,
or thro' time's records run;
And say, what is a man unstruck?
it is a man undone.
or thro' time's records run;
And say, what is a man unstruck?
it is a man undone.
This moment, am I deeply stung———
my bold pretence is try'd;
When vain man boasts, heav'n puts to proof
the vauntings of his pride;
my bold pretence is try'd;
When vain man boasts, heav'n puts to proof
the vauntings of his pride;
Now
