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Blindly he courts, misguided by the Will,
A specious Good, and meets a real Ill;
So when Ulysses plough'd the surgy Main;
When now in view appear'd his native Reign,
His wayward Mates th' [1]Æolian Bag unbind,
Expecting Treasures, but out rush'd a Wind;
The sudden Hurricane in Thunder roars,
Buffets the Bark, and whirls it from the Shores.
A specious Good, and meets a real Ill;
So when Ulysses plough'd the surgy Main;
When now in view appear'd his native Reign,
His wayward Mates th' [1]Æolian Bag unbind,
Expecting Treasures, but out rush'd a Wind;
The sudden Hurricane in Thunder roars,
Buffets the Bark, and whirls it from the Shores.
O Heav'n! by what vain Passions Man is sway'd,
Proud of his Reason, by his Will betray'd?
Blindly he wanders in pursuit of Vice,
And hates Confinement, tho' in Paradise;
Doom'd, when enlarg'd, instead of Eden's Bow'rs,
To rove in Wilds, and gather Thorns for Flow'rs;
Between th' Extremes, direct he sees the Way,
Yet wilful swerves, perversely fond to stray!
Proud of his Reason, by his Will betray'd?
Blindly he wanders in pursuit of Vice,
And hates Confinement, tho' in Paradise;
Doom'd, when enlarg'd, instead of Eden's Bow'rs,
To rove in Wilds, and gather Thorns for Flow'rs;
Between th' Extremes, direct he sees the Way,
Yet wilful swerves, perversely fond to stray!
- ↑ See 10 Odyssey, V. 40.
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