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But still like pining Tantalus he sits, And useless banns the Harvest of his wits; Having no other Pleasure of his Gain But Torment that it cannot ease his Pain. So that he hath it when he can not use it : And leaves it to be master'd by his Young; Who in their Pride do presently abuse it*; Their Father was too weak, and they too strong. 1905. ALLOY-universal in this probationary World.

Unruly Blasts wait on the tender Spring; Unwholesome Weeds take root with precious Flowers:

The Adder hisseth where the sweet Birds sing: What Virtue breeds, Iniquity devours.

We have no Good that we can say is our's," But ill-annexed Opportunity,

Or kills his Life, or else his Quality.

1906. TIME- his Power and Office. Time's Glory is to calm contending Kings; To unmask Falsehood, and bring Truth to light: To stamp his awful Seal on aged things:

To wake the Morn, and centinel the Night: To scourge the Wronger till he render Right. To ruinate proud Buildings by his Hours, And smear with Dust their stately golden Towers. 1907. EMINENCE-Faults and Defects conspicuous. The Moon being clouded presently is miss'd,

Ω

* Ην Νέος, αλλά πένης. Νῦν, γήρας, πλύσιος ειμι

Ο μόνος εκ παίζων οικεος εν αμφότεροις.

Lucrece.]

But fainter Stars may hide them when they list.
Gnats are unnotic'd wheresoe'er they fly:
But Eagles gaz'd upon by every eye.

The Crow may bathe his coal-black wings in mire,
And unperceiv'd fly with the filth away;
But if the like the snow-white Swan desire,
The stain upon his silver down will stay.
1908. PEDANTRY-false Philosophy.
O idle Words, servants to shallow Fools;
Unprofitable Sounds, weak Arbitrators!
Busy yourselves in skull-contending Schools;
Debate, where Leisure serves, with dull Deba-
1909. DEATH welcome to the unhappy. [tors.
When that is gone for which we sought to live,
Wretched, no longer we have fear to die.
1910. GRIEF.

Grief best is pleas'd with Grief's society.
True Sorrow then is feelingly surpris'd
When with like feeling it is sympathiz'd.

1911. SUFFERING aggravated by Contrast. Tis double Death to die in sight of shore: He ten times pines that pines beholding Food. 1912. IMPATIENCE rejects Good. Impatience grieves at what will do it good. 1913. GRIEF-heightened by Contradiction. Deep Woes roll forward like a mighty Flood, Which being stopt, the bounding banks o'erflows. Grief dallied with, nor Law nor Limit knows.

1914. impatient of Pleasure. A mournful Host ill brooks with merry Guests. 1915. BEASTS often milder than MEN.

¶ Who hath observ'd them most, he often finds

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Men turn wild Beasts*, and Beasts have gentle
Minds.
1916. WOMAN-her Character contrasted with MAN.
The gentle Sex to weep are often willing,
Grieving themselves to guess at others' smarts:
Nor only drown their eyes, but break their
Hearts.

For Men have marble, Women waxen Minds:
And therefore they are form'd as Marble will;
Variously wrought by Force, or Fraud, or Skill.
1917. more ingenuous.

In Men, as in rough o'er-grown Groves, remain Cave-creeping Evils that obscurely sleep: Thro' crystal Walls each little Mote will peep. Though Men can cover Crimes with bold stern Looks,

Poor Women's Faces are their own Fault's Books. 1918. her Faults, as Society is constituted, chiefly caused by Man.

No Man inveighs against the wither'd Flower; But chides rough Winter that the Flower has kill'd.

Not that devour'd, but that which does devour Is worthy Blame. O let it less be held

Poor Women's Fault that they are so full fill'd With Men's Abuses.

1919. COWARDICE insults the Dead. Cowardice boldly wounds a Body dead.

*Homo Homini Lupus.

|| Νεκρού Σωμα Λεον]ος εφυβρίζουσι Aaywol.

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1920. CASUISTRY of VICE.

Sophistry ever is to Guilt a Friend:

And says a Fault unknown is as unacted; Pretends that Wrong done to a great good End For lawful Policy remains enacted.

1921. DRAMATIC EFFECT.

To see sad Sights moves more than hear them Better the Eye interprets than the Ear.

1922. GRIEF-inward.

'Tis but a part of Sorrow that we hear.

[told;

1923. PRETENSIONS-have generally a shallow

Bottom.

Deep Sounds make lesser Noise than shallow 1924. TIME long to IMPATIENCE.

The agitated Mind

[Fords.

Speed more than Speed but dull and slow still Extremity still urgeth such Extremes. [deems: 1925. GUILT unconfirmed, thinks every one sees it. § They whose deep Guilt within their Bosom lies, Imagine every Eye beholds their Blame. 1926. HONESTY-no Boaster.

Truth talks in Deeds: while others saucily Promise much speed; performing leisurely. 1927.

2. Honesty has it's Looks, not Words, for Gage. 1928. PHYSIOG NOMY-it's Certainty.

3. By Physiognomy we may behold

The Face distinctly cyphering the Heart, And in it Manners most expressly told*.

* Segnius irritant Animos, demissa per Aures, Quam quæ sunt oculis subjecta fidelibus, & quæ Ipse sibi tradit Spectator.

HOR.

1929.

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In the mild Glances to calm Wisdom lent Beams deep Regard and smiling Government.

1930. DESPAIR.

2. Despair

Shews Life imprison'd in a Body dead.

f 1931. SELFISHNESS.

Why should the private Pleasure of some one
Become the public Plague of many more*?

1932.

§ How many Lives one Man's wild Will confounds! 1933. HYPOCRISY.

The Art of deep confirm'd Hypocrisy

Can entertain a shew so seeming just, And therein so insconce it's secret Evil, That Jealousy itself can not mistrust. 1934. BEAUTY unnaturally dissociated from 'Tis by Corruption and not natural

[Goodness. In a fair Form when dwells a Mind of Ill.

1935. TIME-appears long in Grief.

Short Time seems long in Sorrow's sharp sus1936. [taining. Though Woe be heavy, yet it seldom sleeps; And they who watch see Time how slow it creeps. 1937. GRIEF-sometimes lightened by Reflection

that we are not the greatest Sufferers. Some from the feeling of their Grief are wrought By deep surmise of other's Detriment +. It easeth some, though none it ever cur'd To think their Dolors others have endur'd.

* Delirant Reges, plectuntur Achivi.

+ Aliorum Mala aliquando intuere ut melius feras tua,