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As slow to yonder eminence I bend,
Gradual the views of social life extend,
Where benches ease the steep ascent I stray,
And stop at each to take a just survey;
At every step, as sinks the vale behind,
A wider prospect opens on mankind.
Gradual the views of social life extend,
Where benches ease the steep ascent I stray,
And stop at each to take a just survey;
At every step, as sinks the vale behind,
A wider prospect opens on mankind.
| Miscellanies (1785) | |