Meek to admit; the active energy,
Strong and unbounded to embrace, and firm
To keep and cherish? how shall man unite
With[470] self-forgetting tenderness of heart
An[471] earth-despising dignity of soul?
Wise in that union, and without it blind!"
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"The way," said I, "to court, if not obtain
The ingenuous mind, apt to be set aright;
This, in the lonely dell discoursing, you