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The track to Heav'n is intricate and steep;
Narrow to tread, and difficult to keep:
On either hand sharp precipices lie,
And our steps faulter with the swerving eye;
That passage clear'd, a level road remains,
Thro' quiet valleys and refreshing plains.
 

Imitat. of Christ, L. II, C. 11, No. 1.