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 "Some he will lead to Courts, and Some to Camps; "To Senates Some, and public sage Debates, "Where, by the solemn Gleam of Midnight-Lamps, "The World is pois'd, and manag'd mighty States; "To high Discovery Some, that new-creates "The Face of Earth; Some to the thriving Mart; "Some to the Rural Reign, and softer Fates; "To the sweet Muses Some, who raise the Heart:

"There are, I see, who listen to my Lay, "Who wretched sigh for Virtue, but despair. "All may be done, (methinks I hear them say) "Even Death despis'd by generous Actions fair; "All, but for Those who to these Bowers repair, "Their every Power dissolv'd in Luxury, "To quit of torpid Sluggishness the Lair, "And from the powerful Arms of Sloth get free.