Now creeps on Earth, now triumphs in the Skies;
Swims in the seas of error and explores,
Through midnight mists, the fluctuating Shores;
From wave to wave in rocky Channel glides,
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And sinks in woe, or on presumption slides;
In Pride exalted, or by Shame deprest,
An Angel-Devil, or a human-Beast.
Without a pilot who attempts to steer,
Has small discretion or has little care;