 Tis folly to be wise. HYMN TO ADVERSITY DAUGHTER of Jove, relentless power, Thou tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and torturing hour The bad affright, afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught to taste of pain,...  Poems by Mr. Gray - Page 52by Thomas Gray - 1768 - 187 pagesFull view - About this book
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...Bad affright, afflict the Best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The Proud are taught to taste of pain, A'nd purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before ; unpitied, and alone. When first thy Sire to send on earth Virtue, his darling child, designed, To thee he gave the heavenly birth,... | |
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