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Stillingfleet, Benjamin: To Lord Haddington - ZaunköniG - 28.05.2007 To Lord Haddington Sweet-natured Lord, at whose birth all the spheres Tuned their best harmony, and on whose head Kind heaven its choicest dews in plenty shed; Teach me what secrets in this vale of tears Support thy easy mind! Vain hopes and fears, That over the rest a chequered shadow spread, Leave thee unclouded; thou dost gaily tread As in a path that sunshine never cheers. Whence is this learnt? Ah, no! the solemn brow, The grave deportment that with careful scan Measures each step on level ground and even But trips on rough--these may be learnt, we know, These have, by that vile beast resembling man; But thy philosophy is all from heaven. |