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The works of Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus and Musæus | ||
IDYLLIUM V. LIFE TO BE ENJOYED.
If Merit only stamps my former Lays,And those alone shall give me deathless Praise:
But if ev'n those have lost their bright Applause,
Why should I labour thus without a Cause?
For if great Jove or Fate would stretch our Span,
And give of Life a double Share to Man,
One Part to Pleasures and to Joy ordain,
And vex the other with hard Toil and Pain;
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Our Hours, for Labour still enhances Joy.
But since of Life we have but one small Share,
A Pittance scant which daily Toils impair,
Why should we waste it in Pursuit of Care?
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The more we gain, still coveting the more?
Alas! alas! we quite forget that Man
Is a mere Mortal, and his Life a Span.
The works of Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus and Musæus | ||