A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty
Joseph Addison
- Life
- 1672-1719
- Occupations
- politician, writer, playwright
- Notable works
- Cato, a Tragedy, Life of Milton (Italian translation by Paolo Rolli)
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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform,
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And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
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And those that paint them truest praise them most.
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Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover,
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Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
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Blesses his stars and thinks it luxury.
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Curse all his virtues! they 've undone his country.
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Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought!
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From hence, let fierce contending nations know
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From hence, let fierce contending nations know What dire effects from civil discord flow.
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Much may be said on both sides.
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My voice is still for war.
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My voice is still for war. Gods! can a Roman senate long debate Which of the two to choose, slavery or death?
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Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man.
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The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,
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The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, the important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome.
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The Lord my pasture shall prepare,
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The woman that deliberates is lost.
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Thy steady temper, Portius,
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Thy steady temper, Portius, Can look on guilt, rebellion, fraud, and C
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Thy steady temper, Portius, Can look on guilt, rebellion, fraud, and Cæsar, In the calm lights of mild philosophy.
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'Tis not in mortals to command success,
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‘Tis not in mortals to command success; but we’ll do more, Sempronius, we’ll deserve it.
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'T 's pride, rank pride, and haughtiness of soul;
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'T 's pride, rank pride, and haughtiness of soul; I think the Romans call it stoicism.
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Unbounded courage and compassion join'd,
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Unbounded courage and compassion join’d, Tempering each other in the victor’s mind, Alternately proclaim him good and great, And make the hero and the man complete.
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‘We are always doing’, says he, ‘something for Posterity, but I would fain see Posterity do something for us.’
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Were you with these, my prince, you 'd soon forget
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Were you with these, my prince, you 'd soon forget The pale, unripened beauties of the north.
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What a pity is it
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What a pity is it That we can die but once to save our country!
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When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway,
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When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.
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