A MORAL THOUGHT. John Hawkesworth Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T116245 1136 K093079.003 Pearch, G. A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands. Vol. III. [The second edition]. London printed for G. Pearch 1770 pp. 146-147. 4v. ; 8⁰.

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A MORAL THOUGHT . BY THE SAME . THRO' groves sequester'd , dark and still , Low vales , and mossy cells among , In silent paths the careless rill , Which languid murmurs , steals along : Awhile it plays with circling sweep , And lingering leaves its native plains , Then pours impetuous down the steep , And mingles with the boundless main . O let my years thus devious glide , Through silent scenes obscurely calm , Nor wealth nor strife pollute the tide , Nor honour's sanguinary palm . When labour tires , and pleasure palls , Still let the stream untroubled be , As down the steep of age it falls , And mingles with eternity .