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