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Zealous, yet modest; innocent, though free;
Patient of toil, serene amidst alarms;
Inflexible in faith, invincible in arms.

— James Beattie The Minstrel; or, The Progress of Genius (1771)

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Old age comes on apace to ravage all the clime.

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To the pure soul by Fancy's fire refined,
Ah, what is mirth but turbulence unholy,
When with the charm compared of heavenly melancholy.

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Wilt thou debase the heart which God refined?
No; let thy heaven-taught soul to heaven aspire,
To fancy, freedom, harmony, resigned;
Ambition's groveling crew forever left behind.

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Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb
The steep where Fame’s proud temple shines afar?

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How sweet the words of truth breathed from the lips of love!

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