Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Book ii. Hymn 66.

So, when a raging fever burns,

We shift from side to side by turns;

And 't is a poor relief we gain

To change the place, but keep the pain.

Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Book ii. Hymn 146.

Were I so tall to reach the pole,

Or grasp the ocean with my span,

I must be measured by my soul:

The mind 's the standard of the man.[303:1]