The seasons . great eternal all, and in TperTect wholeUniting, as thepfospect wider spreads,iTo Reason s eye refind clears up vainly wisel ye blincLp^esumptuous! in the dust, adore that PowerAnd Wisdom oft arraigned: see now the cause,, \ WINTER. 205 Why unassuming worth in secret livd, And died, neglected: why the good mans share In life was gall and bitterness of soul: Why the lone widow and her orphans pind In starving solitude; while luxury, In palaces, lay straining her low thought. To form unreal wants: whv heaven-born truth. And moderation laTT,
The seasons . great eternal all, and in TperTect wholeUniting, as thepfospect wider spreads,iTo Reason s eye refind clears up vainly wisel ye blincLp^esumptuous! in the dust, adore that PowerAnd Wisdom oft arraigned: see now the cause,, \ WINTER. 205 Why unassuming worth in secret livd, And died, neglected: why the good mans share In life was gall and bitterness of soul: Why the lone widow and her orphans pind In starving solitude; while luxury, In palaces, lay straining her low thought. To form unreal wants: whv heaven-born truth. And moderation laTT, wore the red marks Of superstitions scourge ;^why licensed pain. That cruel spoiler^that embosOmd foe, Embitterd all our bliss. ^ Yegood distressed ! Ye noble few! who here unbending stand Beneath li3^s-4)ressure, yet beaj up a while. And what your bounded vig^w, which OQjy saw , A little part, deemd evil is no morh : The storms of Wintry Time will quickly £ass, J And one unbounded Spriug«~ejiicircTe^l. -^.
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