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There are, while human miseries abound,Without one hour of sickness or disgust.
— John Armstrong (poet)
There are, while human miseries abound,Without one hour of sickness or disgust.
Weak withering age no rigid law forbids,Gliblier to play.
This restless worldTo learn to bear is easier than to shun.
How happy he whose toilOf Sleep with double nutriment descend.
'Tis not for mortals always to be blest.
Of right and wrong he taughtAnd (strange to tell) he practis'd what he preach'd.
Music exalts each joy, allays each grief,Subdues the rage of poison, and the plague.
