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Occasional verse, moral and sacred

Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet]

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TRANSLATION FROM THE FRENCH

of Henault's Paraphrase on the foregoing.

Happy the man whom pure oblivion hides,
Knowing himself, tho' hid to all besides!
[illeg.] death no dread, no injury perceives,
[illeg.] guiltless led, this life as guiltless leaves:
[illeg.] oh! how sad to him, tho' all were known,
[illeg.] all things car'd, died careless of his own!