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Despondency: An Ode (第2/2页)
haply, to his ev'ning thought, by unfrequeream, the ways of men are distant brought, a faint, collected dream; while praising, and raising his thoughts to heav'n on high, as wand'ring, meand'ring, he views the solemn sky. than i, no lonely hermit plac'd where never human footstep trac'd, less fit to play the part, the lucky moment to improve, and just to stop, and just to move, with self-respeg art: but ah! those pleasures, loves, and joys, which i too keenly taste, the solitary despise, want, a be blest! he needs not, he heeds not, or human love or hate; whilst i here must cry here at perfidy ingrate! o, enviable, early days, when dang thoughtless pleasure's maze, to care, to guilt unknown! how ill exg'd for riper times, to feel the follies, or the crimes, of others, or my own! ye tiny elves that guiltless sport, like lis in the bush, ye little know the ills ye court, when manhood is your wish! the losses, the crosses, that active man engage; the fears all, the tears all, of dim deing age!