Zealous, yet modest; innocent, though free;
Patient of toil; serene amidst alarms;
Inflexible in faith; invincible in arms.
James Beattie
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JAMES BEATTIE Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb
The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar!
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Contentment opes the source of every joy.
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And glitt'ring cliff on cliffs, and fiery rampart...
JAMES BEATTIE And none speaks false, when there in none to hear.
JAMES BEATTIE Zealous, not modest.
JAMES BEATTIE Or merry swains, who quaff the nut-brown ale,
And sing enamour'd of the nut-brown maid.
JAMES BEATTIE He thought as a sage, though he felt as a man.
JAMES BEATTIE Let those deplore their doom,
Whose hope still grovels in this dark sojourn:
But lofty souls, ...
JAMES BEATTIE At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still
And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove,
...
JAMES BEATTIE And, lo! in the dark east, expanded high,
The rainbow brightens to the setting Sun.
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Or sing what Varus might vouchsafe to hear;
Harsh are...
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O never, never turn away their ear!
Forlorn, i...
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And oft on ...
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Where a green grassy turf is all I crave,
With h...
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Nor blasted were their wedded days with strife;
Each ...
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