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XLV.

"But how let other themes our care engage. For lo, with modest yet majestic grace, To curb Imagination's lawless rage, And from within the cherish'd heart to brace, Philosophy appears. The gloomy race By Indolence and moping Fancy bred, Fear, Discontent, Solicitude, give place, And Hope and Courage brighten in their stead, While on the kindling soul her vital beams are shed.