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Then curb each rebel Thought against the Sky,
And die resign'd, O! Man ordain'd to die!
And die resign'd, O! Man ordain'd to die!
He added not, but spread his Wings in Flight,
And vanish'd instant in a Blaze of Light.
And vanish'd instant in a Blaze of Light.
Abash'd, asham'd, I cry, Eternal Pow'r,
I yield! I wait resign'd th' appointed Hour!
Man, foolish Man, no more thy Soul deceive!
To die, is but the surest Way to live:
When Age we ask, we ask it in our wrong,
And pray our Time of suff'ring may be long;
The nauseous Draught, and Dregs of Life to drain,
And feel Infirmity, and Length of Pain!
What art thou Life, that we should court thy Stay?
A Breath, one single Gasp must puff away!
A short-liv'd Flow'r, that with the Day must fade!
A fleeting Vapour, and an empty Shade!
I yield! I wait resign'd th' appointed Hour!
Man, foolish Man, no more thy Soul deceive!
To die, is but the surest Way to live:
When Age we ask, we ask it in our wrong,
And pray our Time of suff'ring may be long;
The nauseous Draught, and Dregs of Life to drain,
And feel Infirmity, and Length of Pain!
What art thou Life, that we should court thy Stay?
A Breath, one single Gasp must puff away!
A short-liv'd Flow'r, that with the Day must fade!
A fleeting Vapour, and an empty Shade!
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