Perronet, Edward (1721-1792)

On Dependence, As a Situation [from Occasional verse, moral and sacred. Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious]

London

Printed for the Editor and sold by J. Buckland [etc.]

1785

"The fluctuant mind, by various passions tost, / Now rides aloft, and now immerg'd, is lost"

Ah! cruel state! where hope is rack'd with fear,
That seals our bondage, as it prompts our care.
While fancy, dreaming of some better fate,
Beguiles the labour of the present state,
The fluctuant mind, by various passions tost,
Now rides aloft, and now immerg'd, is lost:
Yet after all our reason to complain,
We hug the fraud that justifies the pain;
And Hope refresh'd, like wheels fresh oil'd, pursues
Her daily task, and daily vows renews.

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