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SONNET.
PEACE and content to his improving mind,
Whoe'er, assail'd by unexampled cares,
Indulges not complaint! but mildly bears
The Heaven-inflicted weight, consol'd to find
That providence, in stern correction kind,
Strikes like a parent!—He in contrite prayers,
Each dangerous lapse of thoughtless life repairs,
And lives unmurmuring, or dies resign'd.
Whoe'er, assail'd by unexampled cares,
Indulges not complaint! but mildly bears
The Heaven-inflicted weight, consol'd to find
That providence, in stern correction kind,
Strikes like a parent!—He in contrite prayers,
Each dangerous lapse of thoughtless life repairs,
And lives unmurmuring, or dies resign'd.
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Pleas'd o'er the world's now disenchanted wood
To cast reflection's undeluded eyes,
He warns the wanderer aright to prize
Its dazzling lures, so rarely understood!
And, rend'ring others from his wisdom wise,
Turns partial ill to universal good.
To cast reflection's undeluded eyes,
He warns the wanderer aright to prize
Its dazzling lures, so rarely understood!
And, rend'ring others from his wisdom wise,
Turns partial ill to universal good.
Theodore.
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