On a Pair of Scales
BY THE SAME .
Would men their faults and passions weigh
In reason's even scale;
And mind, in all they do or say,
That folly don't prevail:
Then might they shun the various ills,
That inattention brings;
By reason regulate their wills,
And happier live than kings.
Would men their faults and passions weigh
In reason's even scale;
And mind, in all they do or say,
That folly don't prevail:
Then might they shun the various ills,
That inattention brings;
By reason regulate their wills,
And happier live than kings.
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