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[Modern Athenians, hear]
All the Athenians...spent their time in, &c.
—xvii. 21.
Modern
Athenians, hear
Your worthless character,
Unprofitable men,
Who seem to live—in vain,
Dissolved in academic ease,
In learned luxurious idleness.
Your worthless character,
Unprofitable men,
Who seem to live—in vain,
Dissolved in academic ease,
In learned luxurious idleness.
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In worse than childish play
Ye lounge your time away;
Your talents misemploy'd,
Your life a useless void,
As God who did your being give
Design'd you for yourselves to live.
Ye lounge your time away;
Your talents misemploy'd,
Your life a useless void,
As God who did your being give
Design'd you for yourselves to live.
Inquisitive to know
The trifling things below,
The things ye will not learn
Which precious souls concern,
Ensure your real happiness,
And seal your everlasting peace.
The trifling things below,
The things ye will not learn
Which precious souls concern,
Ensure your real happiness,
And seal your everlasting peace.
Yet here your curious pride
Is never satisfied,
Who restlessly pursue
On earth amusements new,
Till gasping out your idle breath
Ye feel the novelties beneath.
Is never satisfied,
Who restlessly pursue
On earth amusements new,
Till gasping out your idle breath
Ye feel the novelties beneath.
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