Ruffhead, James

The Passions of Man. A Poem. In Four Epistles

London

Printed for the Author

1746

"Such the strong passions that his reason sway, / The lust, and av'rice on his vital prey."

Cou'd man the summit of his views attain,
O'er the wide world like Alexander reign,
Like him-enjoy the glories of a crown,
Bless with a smile, and ruin with a frown,
Such the strong passions that his reason sway,
The lust, and av'rice on his vital prey,
The spacious world wou'd yet a prison seem,
And the wast conquest-but a fleeting dream,
Still wou'd his tow'ring genius seem confin'd,
And on too small a couch his head reclin'd:
Yet when he dies, O charming glory! say
How small a spot-intombs his boundless sway?
O death! thy admonitions only prove
The dust we dost on, and the gall we love
Greatness, in all its glory, pomp, and blaze,
But-like a Comet-strikes the vulgar gaze.
(pp. 10-11, in. 57-8)

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