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We live and learn, but not the wiser grow. - [Wisdom] When Providence, for secret ends; Corroding cares, or sharp affliction, sends; We must conclude it best it should be so; And not desponding or impatient grow. - [Adversity : Affliction] What's all the noisy jargon of the schools? - Reason (l. 57) [Teaching] Heaven is not always angry when he strikes, But most chastises those whom most he likes. - To a Friend Under Affliction (l. 89) [Punishment] We bear it calmly, though a ponderous woe, And still adore the hand that gives the blow. - Verses to his Friend under Affliction [Hand]
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