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12 But let not man's unequal views Presume on nature and her laws; 'Tis his with grateful joy to use Th' indulgence of the sov'reign cause; Secure that health and beauty springs Thro' this majestic frame of things Beyond what he can reach to know, And that heav'n's all-subduing will, With good the progeny of ill, Attempers every state below.

How pleasing wears the wintry night, Spent with the old illustrious dead! While, by the taper's trembling light, I seem those awful courts to tread Where chiefs and legislators lie, Whose triumphs move before my eye With every laurel fresh-display'd; While charm'd I taste th' Ionian song, Or bend to Author:Plato godlike tongue Resounding thro' the olive-shade. But