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THINGS ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM.
Within the span of human sight
How oft, while clouds of ether float,
The sun will shed its glorious light
On distant hills and meads remote:
While objects nearer to his beam
See shade on darker shade increas'd;
Thus, those who nearest fortune seem
May oftentimes enjoy it least.
How oft, while clouds of ether float,
The sun will shed its glorious light
On distant hills and meads remote:
While objects nearer to his beam
See shade on darker shade increas'd;
Thus, those who nearest fortune seem
May oftentimes enjoy it least.
The few our feelings would select
As happiest on the face of earth,
Have trials which we ne'er suspect,
And griefs unknown to humble birth.
The fortunate are often those
We least should fortunate esteem,
We soon should find, whate'er we chose,
Things are not always what they seem.
As happiest on the face of earth,
Have trials which we ne'er suspect,
And griefs unknown to humble birth.
The fortunate are often those
We least should fortunate esteem,
We soon should find, whate'er we chose,
Things are not always what they seem.
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