Health to the frame! and vigour to the mind!
A joy attemper’d! a chastised delight!
Like the fair summer evening, mild, and sweet! 1470
’Tis man’s full cup; his paradise below!
A blest hereafter, then, or hoped, or gain’d,
Is all;—our whole of happiness: full proof,
I chose no trivial or inglorious theme.
And know, ye foes to song! (well-meaning men,
Though quite forgotten half your Bible’s[42] praise!)
Important truths, in spite of verse, may please: