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...like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For...from the gate ; But on he moves to meet his latter mi, Angels around befriending virtue's friend : Bends to the grave with unperceiv'd decay, While resignation...

...fly ! 5 For him no wretches, bom to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep; Nor surly porter stands, in guilty state, To spurn imploring...the gate; But on he moves to meet his latter end, 10 Angels around befriending virtue's friend ; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While resignation...

...case ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly 1 For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; Nor surly porter stands, in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate; But on he moves...

...like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born te work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; No surly porter stands in guilty...

...village, but the independence of the poet, who had hoped to retire there, where (odd echo of Carew) No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate. It is not only the frustration of that understandable hope — my long vexations past, Here to return...

...like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly. For...stands in guilty state To spurn imploring famine from his gate, But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending virtue's friend; Sinks...

...where strong temptations try And, since 'tis hard to combat, leams to fly. For him no wretches, bom to work and weep, Explore the mine or tempt the dangerous deep; No surly porter stands in guilty state To spum imploring famine from the gate; But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending...

...shades like these A youth of labour with an age of ease; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For...gate; But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels round befriending Virtue's friend; Bends to the grave with unperceived decay, While Resignation gently...