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A Miscellany of Poems

consisting of Original Poems, Translations, Pastorals in the Cumberland Dialect, Familiar Epistles, Fables, Songs, and Epigrams, by the late Reverend Josiah Relph ... With a Preface and a Glossary
Relph, Josiah (1712-1743)

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Horace, Ode ii Book I. imitated.

I

Prr'ythee Damon don't molest
With futurity thy breast;
Has not present Life enow
Cares and toils to struggle thro'?

II

Fortune-tellers never mind;
Fortune-tellers all are blind:
Or suppose they cou'd foresee,
Pray what better wou'd one be.

III

If great blessings must ensue,
Life is dull and tedious now:
And if troubles must befall,
Present joys are worthless all.
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IV

Lay those anxious thoughts aside,
Take now what the Gods provide
Now, for trust me, tho' not dumb,
There's no trusting what's to come.
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