The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop ... To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author By the Rev. Thomas Clare |
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EPIGRAM CCXLV.
[See! where unhous'd, at ease reclin'd]
SUAVITER UT NUNC EST.
See! where unhous'd, at ease reclin'd,
The strolling beggar lies!
Sleep, the great leveller of mankind,
Treads lightly o'er his eyes!
The strolling beggar lies!
Sleep, the great leveller of mankind,
Treads lightly o'er his eyes!
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While haughty hearts, and crafty heads,
In watchful agony live,
While pride sighs on embroider'd beds,
For what no pride can give,—
In watchful agony live,
While pride sighs on embroider'd beds,
For what no pride can give,—
Perhaps wealth, pleasures, conquests, crowns,
Engage his present hour;—
An hour, which real feelings drowns
T' invigorate fancy's power!
Engage his present hour;—
An hour, which real feelings drowns
T' invigorate fancy's power!
Thus, all distinctions life can make,
An equal balance keep;
Some are the dreams of men awake!
And some, of men asleep!
An equal balance keep;
Some are the dreams of men awake!
And some, of men asleep!
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