ON A GOOD CONSCIENCE.
The solid joys of human kind,
Are those that flow from peace of mind;
For who the sweets of life can taste,
With vice and tim’rous guilt opprest?
’Tis virtue softens all our toils,
With peace our conscience crowns;
Gives pleasure when our fortune smiles,
And courage when it frowns;
Calms every trouble, makes the soul serene,