To be resignd when ills betide, Patient when favours are denid, And pleasd with favours given, Dear Chloe, this is wisdoms part; This is that incense of the heart1 Whose fragrance smells to heaven.
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The Fireside. Stanza 11.
Note 1. The incense of the heart may rise.Pierpont: Every Place a Temple. [back]