Book IV.
THE CHACE.
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And weds them there for Life; our social Cups
Smile, as we smile; open, and unreserv'd.
We speak our inmost Souls; good Humour, Mirth,
Soft Complaisance, and Wit from Malice free, 505
Smooth ev'ry Brow, and glow on ev'ry Cheek.
Smile, as we smile; open, and unreserv'd.
We speak our inmost Souls; good Humour, Mirth,
Soft Complaisance, and Wit from Malice free, 505
Smooth ev'ry Brow, and glow on ev'ry Cheek.
O Happiness sincere! what Wretch wou'd groan
Beneath the galling Load of Pow'r, or walk
Upon the slipp'ry Pavements of the Great,
Who thus cou'd reign, unenvy'd and secure? 510
Beneath the galling Load of Pow'r, or walk
Upon the slipp'ry Pavements of the Great,
Who thus cou'd reign, unenvy'd and secure? 510
Ye guardian Pow'rs who make Mankind your Care,
Give me to know wise Nature's hidden Depths,
Trace each mysterious Cause, with Judgment read
Th' expanded Volume, and submiss adore
That great creative Will, who at a Word 515
Spoke forth the wond'rous Scene. But if my Soul
Give me to know wise Nature's hidden Depths,
Trace each mysterious Cause, with Judgment read
Th' expanded Volume, and submiss adore
That great creative Will, who at a Word 515
Spoke forth the wond'rous Scene. But if my Soul
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