Epistles to the great . contented to pojfefs. For in foft elegance and eafe,. Secure of living whilrt I live, Each momentary blifs I feize, Ere thefe warm faculties decay, The fleeting moments to deceive Of human lifes allotted day. And when th invidious hand of Time By flealth fhall lilver oer my head, Still Pleasures rofy walks Ill tread, Still with the jocund Muses rime, And haunt the green Idalian bowrs3. Whilft wanton boys of Paphos court In myrtles hide my ftaff for fport, And coif me, where Im bald, with flowrs, ( 16 ) Thus to each happy habit true,Preferring happinefs to powr,Will Aris

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Epistles to the great . contented to pojfefs. For in foft elegance and eafe,. Secure of living whilrt I live, Each momentary blifs I feize, Ere thefe warm faculties decay, The fleeting moments to deceive Of human lifes allotted day. And when th invidious hand of Time By flealth fhall lilver oer my head, Still Pleasures rofy walks Ill tread, Still with the jocund Muses rime, And haunt the green Idalian bowrs3. Whilft wanton boys of Paphos court In myrtles hide my ftaff for fport, And coif me, where Im bald, with flowrs, ( 16 ) Thus to each happy habit true,Preferring happinefs to powr,Will Aristippus een purfueLifes comforts to the lateft hour,Till age (the only maladyWhich thou and mcdcine cannot cure,-Yet what all covet to endure)This innocent volupturyShall, from the Laughs and Graces here,With late and lenient change remove,To regions of Elysian air,Where Shades of mortal Pleasures rove,Deftind, without alloy, to (hareEternal joys of mutual love,Which iranjitory were above. The End of the Fourth Cooper - Epistles to thegreat .. PR 3369 C783e 3

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