Unmissed but by his dogs and by his groom.

Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.

Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.

All truth is precious, if not all divine; and what dilates the powers must needs refine.

Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head

Great offices will have great talents, and God gives to every man the virtue, temper, understanding, taste, that lifts him into life, and lets him fall just in the niche he was ordained to fill.

The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.