<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=530141" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Metr: Boetius 1s 1 Quisquis Comp</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Man whose mind & actions still Sedate<br>Can bravely triumph ore ye thoughts of fate<br>He who unaltered fortunes Changes brookes<br>Without elated or dejected lookes<br>With a fixd carriage & undaunted soul<br>Shall see ye oceans boiling surges roll<br>Vesuvius flames in smoaky pillars rise<br>& bolts of thunder dart from opening skys<br>Why dread we wretched mankind tell me why<br>When the vain threats of tyrants idely fly<br>Weigh all things right as in themselves they are<br>Unlearn your minds to move by hope & fear<br>With in yr breast lett resolution reign<br>& all their baffled forces act in vain<br>But he who servily can wish or grieve<br>For that which is not in his powr to give<br>Casts off the firmness wch shoud make him great<br>the strongest shield we can oppose to fate<br>letts inclinations grow & thus he weaves<br>Those very bonds which keep us passions slaves.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Thomas+Parnell">Thomas Parnell</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=530141" data-title="Metr: Boetius 1s 1 Quisquis Comp de Thomas Parnell" data-description="The Man whose mind & actions still Sedate Can bravely triumph ore ye thoughts of fate He who unaltered fortunes Changes brookes Without elated or dejected lookes With a fixd carriage & undaunted soul Shall see ye oceans boiling surges roll Vesuviu..."></div> </div> </div>

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