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Show sol TOE M S. 2\. It will with the foioil: Learned fute, More to enquire ^ than difpute : But Vapours fwell within a Cloud j 'Tis Ignorance that makes us proud "a1*. So when their own vain Heart belies, L ike Inflammations quickly rife : But that Soul which is truly great, Is loweft in its owiv conceit. 24 IV r Yet while w e hug our dwiV fniftake, WeCenfures, but not Judgfnents, And thence it is w e carinot fee 1),; Obedience ftand with Liberty. bnt\ Providence ftill kee|>s even irate ; But he can beft cbmmand his Fate, Whofe Art by adding his owri Voice, Makes his Neceffity his Choice. 25. Rightly to rule ones felf muft be * ^tjj The hardeit, largefi Monarchy: Whole Paffions are- his Maftefe g*o#h, • Will be a Captive in i Throve. ,6. He TOE MS. 103 26. He moft the inward freedom gains, W h o juft Submifilons entertains: For while in that his Reafon fways, It is himfelf that he obeys. But onely in Eternity W e can thefe beauteous Unions fee : For Heaven it felf and Glory is But one harmonious conftant Blift. 1 Invitation to the Country. E kind, m y dear Rofa i>, though 'tis true Thy Friendfhip will become thy Penance too* Though theie be nothing can reward the pain, Nothing to fatisfie or entertain ; Though all be empty, wild, and like to me, W h o make new Troubles in m y Company: Yet is the action more obliging great; 'Tis Hardfhip only makes Defert compleat. But yet to prove Mixtures all things compound, There may in this be fome advantage found; For a Retirement from the noife of Towns, Is that for which fome Kings have left their Crowns: Arid Conquerors, whole Laurel preft the brow, Have chang'd it for the quiet Myrtle-bow. For Titles, Honours, and the World's Addrefs, Are things too cheap to make up Happinefs; The' eafie Tribute of a giddy race, And paid lefs to the Perfon than the place. So falfe reflected and fo fhort content Is that which Fortune and Opinion lent, That who moft try'd it have of Fate complain'd, With Titles burthen'd and to greatnefs chain'd. For |