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THE SOUL OF FELICITY, by                    
First Line: May wisdom love us more and more
Last Line: Full life set free, and never blind.
Subject(s): Wisdom


May wisdom love us more and more,
We shall not then be past our prime;
But growing ever with its lore
Joy in the heart shall bless our time.

Tranquility shall prove its strength,
And find a vision's lost desire,
Perpetual in time at length
A grace, and virtue's new attire.

Sun shadows sun, and yet there shines
Beauty where'er its pleasures dwell,
Pleased with the prospect that its lines
Of bounty's larger moment tell.

A slave to freedom serves no chain
More constant than a witless mind,
But those infused with wisdom gain
Full life set free, and never blind.





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