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Luxuriant grows; such affluenceDoes glorious opportunities dispense,Giving depth of thought to find 115Pursuits which please a noble mind,
EPODE III.Measures 10.
Refulgent star! to man the purest beam of light!The possessor of this store.Far-future things discerning, knowsObdurate wretches, once deceas'd, to immediate WoesConsign'd, too late their pains deplore; 121For below'E're they go,Sits one in judgment, who pronounces rightOn crimes in this wide realm of Jove; 125Whose dire decree no power can e'er remove:
STROPHE IV.Measures 16.
But the good, alike by night,Alike by day, the sun's unclouded lightBeholding, ever bless'd,Live an unlaborious life, 130Nor anxious interrupt their hallow'd rest

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