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An infant when it gazes on a light,
A child the moment when it drains the breast,
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An infant when it gazes on a light,
A child the moment when it drains the breast,
A devotee when soars the Host in sight,
An Arab with a stranger for a guest,
A sailor when the prize has struck in fight,
A miser filling his most hoarded chest,
Feel rapture; but not such true joy are reaping
As they who watch o'er what they love while sleeping.
All human joys are swift of wing,
For heaven doth so allot it;
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All human joys are swift of wing,
For heaven doth so allot it;
That when you get an easy thing,
You find you haven't got it.
They all attain perfection When they find joy in their work.
They all attain perfection When they find joy in their work.
One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
Joy rul'd the day, and Love the night.
Joy rul'd the day, and Love the night.
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
