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NO END OF CRAVING.
A Thought from Horace, Book III. Ode xvii. Line 41.
Who much desire, of course will want still more:Heaven grants an ample, tho' a scanty store.
'Tis not then what we want, but what is giv'n;
And thanks for this is what is due to Heav'n,
Another Thought from Horace, Book III. Ode xvi.
THE less we ask, contented with our share,The larger boon will Heav'n benign confer;
Till all bestow'd that Heav'n on earth will give,
We shall, remov'd, that Heav'n itself receive.
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Reflection on the foregoing.
WHO only asks for what is Heaven's high will,May still persist, and be regarded still:
Since, after all, be it to monarchs known,
'Tis not their will, but his, that shall be done.
Conclusion.
BUT, oh! how hard, how arduous is the task,Unhelp'd to linger, and unheard to ask!
'Midst thousand fears and thousand toils unknown,
To wait the harvest from a seed just sown!
What patient looking, and what dubious hope,
That now desponds, and now in fear looks up?
But this is sure—who spake his word will keep;
“Who sow'd in sorrow, shall in triumph reap.”
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