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HE THAT ENDURETH, IS NOT OVERCOME.
Since fo oft the ftately Oak,
Tow'ring upward to the fkies,
Is uprooted by the ftroke,
E'en defpite its ftrength and fize !
Strange as this may feem to thee,
'Tis with wife inftruction rife,
And imports how men may be
Victors in the ftorms of Life.
Things of lowly growth and height
Have but little weight to bear ;
And, whate'er the tempeft's might,
Feel it in diminifh'd mare :
Lefs expos'd to every wind
Than the lofty foreft trees,
. Humbler plants a quiet find
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I For
That is feldom known to thefe.
Fragile though the Reed appear
To refift fo fierce a blaft,
Yet it hath no need to fear;
when once the gale is paft,
0) Lifting then its head anew,
Still unharm'd, o'er fen and lake,
Proves the antient maxim true,
"That which bends, doth- feldom break."
A UREAM quisquis mediocritatem
Diligit,
tutus caret obsoleti
Sordibus tecti, caret invidenda
Sobrius aula,
FELIX, mediae quisquis turbse
Parte quietus, aura stringit
Littora tuta, timidusque mari
Credere cymbam, remo terras
HORACE,
Propriore legit. SENECA, Agamem.
lib. ii, Od. 10.
CREDE mihi, bene qui latuit, bene vixit, et intra
Fortunam debet quisque manere suam. OVID.
L.IQHT BURDENS BRAK NAE BANES.
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