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OBSERVATIONS IN THE ART OF ENGLISH POESY: 21. ELEGIAC VERSE: THE FOURTH EPIGRAM, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: A wise man wary lives, yet most secure
Last Line: Th' earth his sober inn, but still heav'n his home
Subject(s): Conduct Of Life; Heaven


A wise man wary lives, yet most secure,
Sorrows move not him greatly, nor delights.
Fortune and death he scorning, only makes
Th' earth his sober inn, but still heav'n his home





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