The English Dance of Death from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson, with metrical illustrations, by the author of "Doctor Syntax" [i.e. William Combe] |
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How easy then to draw the line
Between the motives that combine,
To guide the intellectual power
Whose regulation rules the hour
Which fills the short, uncertain span
Allotted to the race of Man.
'Tis Good or Evil.—Passion's flame
That lights to deeds of splendid name,
Or the temp'rate warmth benign,
Whose rays on humble Virtue shine,
Alike, by different means, possess,
The varied boon of Happiness.
Between the motives that combine,
To guide the intellectual power
Whose regulation rules the hour
Which fills the short, uncertain span
Allotted to the race of Man.
'Tis Good or Evil.—Passion's flame
That lights to deeds of splendid name,
Or the temp'rate warmth benign,
Whose rays on humble Virtue shine,
Alike, by different means, possess,
The varied boon of Happiness.
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