...licensed pain, That cruel spoiler, that embosomed foe, Embittered all our bliss. Ye good distressed ! Ye noble few ! who here unbending stand Beneath life's pressure, yet bear up a while, And what your bounded view, which only saw A little part, deemed evil is no more : The storms...

...calmly, though a ponderous woe, AJK! still adore the hand that gives the blow. fe noble few ! who IUTO unbending stand Beneath life's pressure, yet bear...what your bounded view, which only saw A little part, deemed evil, is no more : The storms of wintry time will quickly pass, And one unbounded Spring encircle...

...adore the hand that gives the blow. fe noble few ! who here unbending stand Beneath life's pressures yet bear up awhile, And what your bounded view, which only saw A little part, deemed evil, is no more : The storms of wintry time will quickly pass, And one unbounded Spring encircle...

...fulfills itself at last, "per aspera ad astra," over steep ways to the stars. — BISHOP WC DOANE. The storms of wintry time will quickly pass, And one unbounded spring encircle all. — JAMES THOMSON. When He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. — BIBLE. TRUST IN CHRIST. Exercise...

...another's it be; And health to that cheek, tho' it bloom not for me. Moore: Well — peace to thy Heart. Ye noble few! who here unbending stand Beneath life's...what your bounded view, which only saw A little part, deemed evil, is no more: The storms of wintry time will quickly pass, And one unbounded Spring encircle...

...licensed Pain, That cruel spoiler, that embosom'd foe, Embitter'd all our bliss. Ye good distress'd! Ye noble few, who here unbending stand Beneath life's pressure ! yet bear up a while And what your bounded view, which only saw A little part, deem'd evil, is no more: The storms...

...of Winter, Thomson shows himself a true follower of Shaftesbury, sharing his philosophy of optimism: And what your bounded view, which only saw A little...quickly pass, And one unbounded Spring encircle all. 2 Why there is so much misery in life, man may not be able to fathom, for " a mind which sees not infinitely...

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...Embitter'd all our bliss. Ye Good distress'd! Ye noble few! who here unbending stand Beneath life's presure, yet bear up awhile, And what your bounded view, which...quickly pass, And one unbounded Spring encircle all. This Christian faith, this assurance which leaves no doubt about Thomson's orthodoxy, we find also...

...than Nature or we are badly offindeed. Thomson's long poem becomes a consolation: Ye good Distrest! Ye noble Few! who here unbending stand Beneath Life's Pressure, yet bear up a While, And what your bounded View, which only saw A little Part, deem'd Evil is no more: The Storms...