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And since (man) cannot spend and use aright The little time here given him in trust. But wasteth it in weary undelight Of foolish toil and trouble, strife and lust. He naturally claimeth to inherit The everlasting Future, that his merit May have full scope; as surely is most just.
And since (man) cannot spend and use aright The little time here given him in trust. But wasteth it in weary undelight Of foolish toil and trouble, strife and lust. He naturally claimeth to inherit The everlasting Future, that his merit May have full scope; as surely is most just.
Approximate author period: c. 1724 AD · early modern
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- James Thomson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1724 AD · early modern
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- My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921) (1921 AD)
Page 166 · printed citation: James Thomson (The City of Dreadful Night). · compiler notes excluded
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