The Hiflory ofJi~et/Z .~s T E. R. I I 3) 11choofi~g goods rtly he:J.rt-wiH m~k~ ,rl~ choice, My 1latt'r1~g eye ~allixaye no c:t;lmg .v01~e :. No outward fenfe may ~ufe an m_ward bhfs, _ For feeminghappinefs le!£1: h3.'ppy is: · .Tlie.Eye.(the chiefeft-Cinque-port of the heart } Keeps open do9rs, an_d. p;lay5 t~e _rr_ay~?rs pa!c ; Lets p2.inted pleafures m, to bnoe th ·Affecbons, . Which m~sk~ foul faces under falfe C<?mplexions : It hath no power to judge, nor can·it-fee Things as th~y ar~, ~ut as they feen' io be. . There's bur on~ }1~p£inefs, one per(etl blifs ;_, But how obtain'd, 6r where; or what 1r is, The world of nantre .p-e'r·could-apprehend, , ,Grounding their labois on no other ena Th~n bare opinion, dive·r.Oy affe~in~ _• , . ·. Some one_ rht.ng, fome another, £hll p,ro}e~bng Prodigious'fancies, till their learned.~~!tools ' Lent .fo much knowledge as to make them fcioh: Ono builds his blifs up~m the blne cf glory: Can perfeB: happ_incfs be tranfitory? In ftrengrh, another fums felicity : · What horfe is vot l.l}Ore l~appy .filr,than he? Some pile their happinefs on;heaps of<wealth; Which ( fick) they'd lqath,if G9ld could purchafe health: S?me, in the ufe of beauty pla.Ce their end: · Some, in th' er~oyment of a~ourtly friend: Like wa!l:ed Lamps, fuch happindfcs fmother; Age ruffeth out rhe one; and want, the ~rl~r· The happinefs, whofe worth deferve~ the name Of chief, wirh fuch afire dorh inf:laine The brdl: of morta1s, that Heaven thinks it fit That men ihuuld rather think, than rafte oftit; All earthly joy~ fqme other aim intend; · . This, for it fel Psdefir'd, no other end : 7hofe (ifenjoy'd) are crGft with difcontem~ If not in the purftiir,.in the event : K 4 Tl~ ·
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