Thus in a sea of folly tossed,
My choicest hours of life are lost;
Yet always wishing to retreat,-
Oh, could I see my country seat!

Frances Burney, 1752.

Imitations of Horace.

Jung 14.

Bright as the sun her eyes the gazers strike,
And like the sun they shine on all alike.
If to her share some female errors fall,
Look on her face, and you'll forget them all.

Jung 15.

Rape of the Lock.

Hope humbly then; with trembling pinions soar; Wait the great teacher, Death, and God adore.

Essay on Man.

June 14.

Jung 15.

'Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.

Essay on Criticism.

June 17.

What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy,
The soul's calm sunshine and the heart-felt joy,
Is virtue's prize. A better would you fix?
Then give humility a coach and six.

Essay on Man.

John Wesley, 1784. Ferdinand Freiligrath, 1810.

June 18.

Within stood heroes, who through loud alarms
In bloody fields pursued renown in arms.

But chief were those who not for empire fought,
But with their toils their people's safety bought.
Temple of Fame.

Waterloo, 1815.

Jung 17.

Jung 18.

In parts superior what advantage lies?
Tell (for you can) what is it to be wise?
"Tis but to know how little can be known;
To see all others' faults, and feel our own.

Blaise Pascal, 1623.

June 20.

Essay on Man.

How loved, how honoured once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot;

A heap of dust alone remains of thee,

'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be.

Elegy on an Unfortunate Lady.

Jung 21.

Happy the man whose wish and care

A few paternal acres bound,
Content to breathe his native air

In his own ground.

Ode on Solitude.