. Poems upon divine and moral subjects : originals and translations . threatens, intercept the Blow,Thus to Great Hector, proftrate on the Ground, The God approachd, and fnatchd him from the (Wound, Some the vain Promifes of Courts betray,And Hope of Grandeur makes them pleased to ftray;The flattering Nothing {till deludes their Eye9aSeems ever coming, yet it ever flies •As Perfpe<5tives prefent the Objeil nigh,Tho far removd from the miftaking Time rolls on, and as fucceeding YearsEncreafe, they fadly too encreafe in Cares:And then, when Age invidioully deftroysThe Powr to tafte t

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. Poems upon divine and moral subjects : originals and translations . threatens, intercept the Blow,Thus to Great Hector, proftrate on the Ground, The God approachd, and fnatchd him from the (Wound, Some the vain Promifes of Courts betray,And Hope of Grandeur makes them pleased to ftray;The flattering Nothing {till deludes their Eye9aSeems ever coming, yet it ever flies •As Perfpe<5tives prefent the Objeil nigh,Tho far removd from the miftaking Time rolls on, and as fucceeding YearsEncreafe, they fadly too encreafe in Cares:And then, when Age invidioully deftroysThe Powr to tafte the ]ong-expe£ted Joys; Fortune (62 ) Fortnne falls on them in a Golden Shower,Malignly fmiles, and curfes them with o en the Urns of Friends departed, weepThe mournful Kindred, and fond Vigils keep ;Their fragrant Ointments on the Afhes filed,And fcatter ufelefs Rofes on the Dead :And when no more avail the Solemn Rites,The fpicy Incenfe, and the Worlds Delights,With fruitlefs Zeal they watch the filent Tombs,Profufely wafting Clouds of vain ( 63 )

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