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COLLIER - ZaunköniG - 16.12.2012 COLLIER. THE GATE OF A CASTLED MONASTERY. 0, THOU, whom Fortune through Life's Vale of Tears Shall to the Turrets of this Mansion bring, Whate'er thy Sex, thy Station, or thy Years, Let this shrill Bugle through the Confines ring. The Gates shall open with their massive Bars, And food be miuister'd by hands unseen ; Sleep shall attend to lull terrestrial Jars And Dreams celestial wave their Wings serene, Enter, and fear not. — I, like thee, have known The sigh to breathe, to curb the' indignant Groan; A Friend to Virtue, and to Vice a Foe. Here have I learnt with patience to endure Those Ills which friendly Death alone can cure, And Pity's pang to feel for human Woe. RE: COLLIER - ZaunköniG - 16.12.2012 COLLIER. WITH Smiles, false Tokens of pretended Joy The pangs of real Anguish I endure : No wavering Hopes or Fears my thoughts employ; Vain both to Him whose Misery is sure. Calm on my brow sits well dissembled Ease, While light Indifference every chance defies ; Since Fortune's fairest look must fail to please When tyrant Fate my only wish denies. Ye. fond Complaints forbear your vain Request, Nor urge the pity of my Lauha's Breast To feel for Sorrows she can ne'er allay. Bleed on, my Heart ! — But let the kind Disguise Spread unsuspected o'er my tongue and eyes; Deceiving only lest I should betray. |