To all eternity 'twill damn their fame.
Ah! why, just Heaven! (But Heav'n ordain'd it so)
Are impious men allow'd to rule below?
Why does misfortune still attend the best,
Whilst those with life's supreme delights are blest?
Perplexing mistery to human sense;
The wonderful decree of Providence.
But virtue, happy in her self can bear } [fol. 391.]
(The ills of life most seemingly severe) }
Whatever fate the gods allot us here; }