Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
TRANSLATION OF FOUR LINES FROM HORACE. Book II. Satire vii.
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Occasional verse, moral and sacred | ||
TRANSLATION OF FOUR LINES FROM HORACE. Book II. Satire vii.
In Answer to the Question, “Who is truly free?”
The man that's wise, whom neither fear of want,Bondage, or death, can from his duty daunt;
But, self-subdu'd, doth his own passions stem,
And, self-enjoy'd, the applause of Fools contemn.
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