Toward solid good what leads the nearest way; 10
For other things mild Heaven a time ordains,
And disapproves that care, though wise in show,
That with superfluous burden loads the day,
And, when God sends a cheerful hour, refrains.
XXII.
TO THE SAME.
Cyriack, [this three years’ day] these eyes, though clear,
To outward view, of blemish or of spot,
Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot;