. Poems upon divine and moral subjects : originals and translations . HUMANE LIFE. Correffedfrom an old Copy of the Lord Bacon* !HE Worlds a Bubble, and the Life of Man Lets than the Compafs of the ihorteft Span; When flrft conceived, hes wretched in the (Womb,And cursd e en from the Cradle to the Tomb. As he advances, and grows ripe in Years, He links beneath the Weight of Hopes and Fears. Who then to frail Mortality would trufl, Draw Lines in Water, and write Wit in Duft? Yet whilft with Sorrow here we live oppreft, Well fee what Life bids faireft to be beft. Courts are but formal, fuperfici
. Poems upon divine and moral subjects : originals and translations . HUMANE LIFE. Correffedfrom an old Copy of the Lord Bacon* !HE Worlds a Bubble, and the Life of Man Lets than the Compafs of the ihorteft Span; When flrft conceived, hes wretched in the (Womb,And cursd e en from the Cradle to the Tomb. As he advances, and grows ripe in Years, He links beneath the Weight of Hopes and Fears. Who then to frail Mortality would trufl, Draw Lines in Water, and write Wit in Duft? Yet whilft with Sorrow here we live oppreft, Well fee what Life bids faireft to be beft. Courts are but formal, fuperficial Schools,To ripen Blockheads, and to dandle Fools :The rural Part is but a larger Den,Where Brutes frifk wanton in the Shapes of where s a City from all Vice fo free,But may be termed the worft of all the Strife affli&s the Hufbands Bed,Or Antlers bud fo hard they pain Ins Head : Some ( I25 ) Some call a Single Life a cruel Curfe, And then theyre forcd to marry or do worfe. They that are barren think themfelves undone^ They that have Ch
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