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The shepherd now moves faint with languid flock 
To rivlet fresh and bow’ry grove, 
To cool retirements of high-arching rock, ° 
O’er the mute stream no zephyrs moye. 
Yet weighing subsidies and England’s weal, 
You still in anxious thought caii forth 
Dark ills, which Gaul and Prussia deep conceal, 
Or fierce may burst from towering North.” 
All-seeing Wisdom, kind to mortals, hides 
Time’s future births in gloomy night ; 
Too busy care, with pity, Heaven derides, 
Man’s fond, officious, feeble might. ae 
Use then aright the present. Things to be, 
Uncertain flow, like Thames ; now peaceful berne a 
In even bed, soft-gliding down to sea ; i 
Now mould’ring shores, and oaks uptorn, 
Herds, cottages, together swept away, As gt te 
Headlong he rolls ; the pedant woods ee sag 
And bellowing cliffs proclaim thedire dismay, 
When the fierce ‘torrents rouse the tranquil floods. or 
They,’ masters of themselves, they happy live, wok 
Whose hearts at ease can say secure, 47 
“This day. rose not in vain : let Heaw’n aes give 4 f 
‘Or clouded skies, or sunshine pure.” 4); 
Yet never what swift Time behind has cast 
Shall back return ; no pow’r the thing 
That was bid not have been ; for ever past, 
It flies on unrelenting wing. a 
Fortune, who joys perverse in mortal woe, © 
Still frolicking with cruel play; 
Now may on me ker giddy smile bestow,” ~ 
Now wanton to another stray. et ag ig 
If constant; I caress her; if she flies 
On fickle plumes, farewel her charms ! 
All dower I wave (save what good fame’ supplies,) 
And wrapt my soul in Freedom’s arms. 
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