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19c. 1789 AD
Esteem none happy by their outward air; All have their portion of allotted care, Though wisdom wears the semblance of content, When the full heart with agony is rent, Secludes its anguish from the public view, And by secluding, learns to conquer too; Denied the fond indulgence to complain, The aching heart its peace may best regain. By love directed, and in mercy meant, Are trials suffer’d, and afflictions sent; To stem imperious passion’s furious tide, To curb the insolence of prosperous pride, To wean from earth, and bid our wishes soar To that blest clime where pain shall be no more; Where wearied virtue shall for refuge fly, And every tear be wiped from every eye.
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21c. 1789 AD
To bless mankind with tides of flowing wealth, With power to grace them, or to crown with health, Our little lot denies; but Heaven decrees To all, the gift of minist’ring to ease: The gentle offices of patient love, Beyond all flattery, and all praise above; The mild forbearance of another’s fault, The taunting word suppress’d as soon as thought; On these Heaven bade the sweets of life depend; And crush’d ill fortune when she gave a friend. A solitary blessing few can find; Our joys with those we love are intertwined; And he whose wakeful tenderness removes Th’ obstructing thorn which wounds the breast he loves, Smoothes not another’s rugged path alone, But scatters roses to adorn his own.
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