The Choice. Nahum Tate 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. Tate, Nahum, c. 1652-1715. Poems by N. Tate. London Printed by T.M. for Benj. Tooke ... 1677 p. 115. [15],133p.

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The Choice . GRant me indulgent Heav'n a rurall Seat , Rather Contemptible than Great . Where , though I Tast Life's Sweets , still I may be Athirst for Immortalitie . I wou'd have Business , but exempt from Strife ; A Private , but an Active Life . A Conscience bold and punctuall to his Charge ; My Stock of Health or Patience Large . Some Books I'd have , and some Acquaintance too , But very Good , and very Few . Then ( if one Mortall Two such Grants may Crave ) From Silent Life I'd Steal into my Grave .