<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=478647" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>On Virtue</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">O Thou bright jewel in my aim I strive<br>To comprehend thee. Thine own words declare<br>Wisdom is higher than a fool can reach.<br>I cease to wonder, and no more attempt<br>Thine height t' explore, or fathom thy profound.<br>But, O my soul, sink not into despair,<br>Virtue is near thee, and with gentle hand<br>Would now embrace thee, hovers o'er thine head.<br>Fain would the heav'n-born soul with her converse,<br>Then seek, then court her for her promis'd bliss.<br> Auspicious queen, thine heav'nly pinions spread,<br>And lead celestial Chastity along;<br>Lo! now her sacred retinue descends,<br>Array'd in glory from the orbs above.<br>Attend me, Virtue, thro' my youthful years!<br>O leave me not to the false joys of time!<br>But guide my steps to endless life and bliss.<br>Greatness, or Goodness, say what I shall call thee,<br>To give me an higher appellation still,<br>Teach me a better strain, a nobler lay,<br>O thou, enthron'd with Cherubs in the realms of day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Phillis+Wheatley">Phillis Wheatley</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=478647" data-title="On Virtue de Phillis Wheatley" data-description="O Thou bright jewel in my aim I strive To comprehend thee. Thine own words declare Wisdom is higher than a fool can reach. I cease to wonder, and no more attempt Thine height t' explore, or fathom thy profound. But, O my soul, sink not into despai..."></div> </div> </div>

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