A Collection of Miscellanies Consisting of Poems, Essays, Discourses & Letters, Occasionally Written. By John Norris ... The Second Edition Corrected |
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The Consolation.
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The Consolation.
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I grant 'tis bad, but there is some reliefIn the Society of Grief.
'Tis sweet to him that mourns to see
A whole House clad in Sorrow's Livery.
Grief in Communion does remiss appear,
Like harsher sounds in Consort, which less grate the Ear.
II
Men would not curse the Stars, did they dispenseIn common their ill Influence.
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VVould not be thought so great a Misery.
Our discontent is from comparison;
Were better states unseen, each man would like his own.
III
Should partial Seas wreck my poor Ship alone,I might with cause my Fate bemoan.
But since before I sink, I see
A Numerous Fleet of Ships descend wih me,
Why don't I with content my Breath resign?
I will, and in the greater ruine bury mine.
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