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" How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly... "
The Literary Magazine, and American Register - Page 263
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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century and Charity and Humour

William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 2007 - 298 pages
...last. O blest retirement, friend to life's decline! Retreats from care that never must be mine — How blest is he who crowns in shades like these, A...quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches born to work and weep Explore the mine or tempt...
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