The Works of the Late Aaron Hill ... In Four Volumes. Consisting of Letters on Various Subjects, And of Original Poems, Moral and Facetious. With An Essay on the Art of Acting |
[Where'er the diamond's busy point could pass] |
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[Where'er the diamond's busy point could pass]
Where'er the diamond's busy point could pass,See! what deep wounds have pierc'd the middle glass!
While partial and untouching, all the rest,
Highest and lowest panes, shine, unimpress'd:
No wonder, this!—For, e'en in life, 'tis so;
High fortunes stand, unreach'd—unseen the low,
But middle states are marks, for every blow.
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