The Works of the Late Aaron Hill ... In Four Volumes. Consisting of Letters on Various Subjects, And of Original Poems, Moral and Facetious. With An Essay on the Art of Acting |
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The Western Paradise.
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The Western Paradise.
There is, there is, a soft, a peaceful shore!An un-curs'd Eden, still in nature's store!
A spring, whence un-imbitter'd pleasures flow!
A treasury, of ev'ry thing, but woe!
Un-promis'd Canaan! which th' Almighty knew,
Too great a blessing for th' unthankful Jew:
Thence veil'd her beauties; pre-ordain'd, to grace
The destin'd triumphs of a nobler race!
On thy sweet plains, where all delights are sure,
Men can, by turns, be ev'ry thing, but poor.
The doubt-freed miser, here, sleeps void of care,
For, who will plunder that, which all may share.
In other lands, our toil prepares our meat,
Our only labour, here, is—take, and eat.
Such various shapes does tempting pleasure wear,
That, which to chuse her in, is all our care.
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