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ODE III.
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And unknown regions dare descry:Still as they run they look behind,They hear a voice in every wind,And snatch a fearful joy. 40
Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed,Less pleasing when possest;The tear forgot as soon as shed,The sunshine of the breast:Theirs buxom health, of rosy hue, 45Wild wit, invention ever new,And lively cheer, of vigour born;The thoughtless day, the easy night,The spirits pure, the slumbers light,That fly th' approach of morn. 50

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Notes

  1. ↑ V. 30. "The senator at cricket urge the ball," Pope. Dun. iv. 592.
  2. ↑ V. 37. This line is taken from Cowley. Pindarique Ode to Hobbes, iv. 7. p. 223: "Till unknown regions it descries."
  3. ↑ V. 40. Magnaque post lachrymas etiamnum gaudia pallent." Stat. Theb. i. 620: For other expressions of this nature, see Wakefield's note. Add Sn. Ital. xvi. 432, "latoque pavore." Luke.
  4. ↑ V. 44. "Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind." Pope. Eloisa, ver. 209. Add Essay on Man, iv. 167, "The soul's calm sunshine."
  5. ↑ V. 47. "In either cheeke depeyncten lively cheere," Spenser. Habbinol's Dittie, ver. 33. W. See Milton, Ps, lxxxiv. 5. "With joy and gladsome cheer." Luke.
  6. ↑ V. 49. The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air." Pope. Im, of Horace, I. 73; Hor. Od. ii xi. 7. "facilemque somnum" and Par. L. v. 3:
    "———His sleepWas airy light, from pure digestion bredAnd temperate vapours bland,"
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