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Whose powers shed round him in the common strife,Or mild concerns of ordinary life,A constant influence, a peculiar grace;But who, if he be called upon to faceSome awful moment to which heaven has join'dGreat issues, good or bad for human-kind,Is happy as a Lover; and attiredWith sudden brightness like a Man inspired;And through the heat of conflict keeps the lawIn calmness made, and sees what he foresaw;Or if an unexpected call succeed,Come when it will, is equal to the need:—He who, though thus endued as with a senseAnd faculty for storm and turbulence,Is yet a Soul whose master bias leansTo home-felt pleasures and to gentle scenes;Sweet images! which, wheresoe'er he be,Are at his heart; and such fidelity
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