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OF SELF-LOVE.
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[Love quickly would the World unite]
Love quickly would the World unite,In ev'ry Breast erect its Throne,
Mankind to solid Joys invite,
Joys to poor Mortals now unknown.
Friendship would then no Traffick prove;
But, by much nobler Precepts taught,
All like th'Angelick Forms above,
Would be one Soul, one Mind, one Thought:
To them 'twould then uneasie grow,
To them a Self-denial be,
The smallest Disrespect to show,
Where they superior Merit see.
Then, influenc'd by a Law Divine,
They would become each other's Care,
The general Good would still design,
And seek their own Advantage there.
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