Ruffhead, James

The Passions of Man. A Poem. In Four Epistles

London

Printed for the Author

1746

The mind may be eased by disclosing "Our flow of pleasures, and our stream of woes"

When injur'd, by frauds of human kind,
Friendship was courted once to ease the mind,
That to each other we might safe disclose
Our flow of pleasures, and our stream of woes,
In the true heart of our hopes, our fears confide,
Our joys thus double, thus our cares divide,
As on the mossie couch we lay repos'd,
And all the passion of the soul disclos'd;
But now-'tis sought to steal our lives away,
Our lot supplant, and on our fortunes prey,
Or, when apart, to sneer away our fame,
Sport with our merit, and traduce our name,
Celestal charmer! most divinely fair!
Our joy in health! our comfort in dispair!
Than thee-what greater gift can heav'n bestow
To consummate bliss of man below?
The venal wretch who bribes thy heart astray,
Exterminates from life the lamp of day
(pp. 13-4, in. 60-1)

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Gale's Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO).

At least 2 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1746, 1747).

James Ruffhead, The Passions of Man. A Poem. In Four Epistles (London: Printed for the Author, 1746). <Link to ECCO>

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