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And unknown regions dare descry:
Still as they run they look behind,
They hear a voice in every wind,
And snatch a fearful joy. 40

Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed,
Less pleasing when possest;
The tear forgot as soon as shed,
The sunshine of the breast:
Theirs buxom health, of rosy hue, 45
Wild wit, invention ever new,
And lively cheer, of vigour born;
The thoughtless day, the easy night,
The spirits pure, the slumbers light,
That fly th' approach of morn. 50

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Notes

1. V. 30. "The senator at cricket urge the ball," Pope. Dun. iv. 592.
2. V. 37. This line is taken from Cowley. Pindarique Ode to Hobbes, iv. 7. p. 223: "Till unknown regions it descries."
3. V. 40. Magnaque post lachrymas etiamnum gaudia pallent." Stat. Theb. i. 620: For other expressions of this nature, see Wakefield's note. Add Sn. Ital. xvi. 432, "latoque pavore." Luke.
4. V. 44. "Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind." Pope. Eloisa, ver. 209. Add Essay on Man, iv. 167, "The soul's calm sunshine."
5. V. 47. "In either cheeke depeyncten lively cheere," Spenser. Habbinol's Dittie, ver. 33. W. See Milton, Ps, lxxxiv. 5. "With joy and gladsome cheer." Luke.
6. V. 49. The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air." Pope. Im, of Horace, I. 73; Hor. Od. ii xi. 7. "facilemque somnum" and Par. L. v. 3:
   "———His sleep
   Was airy light, from pure digestion bred
   And temperate vapours bland,"