<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=537733" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Olney Hymn 7: Vanity of the World</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">God gives his mercies to be spent; <br>Your hoard will do your soul no good. <br>Gold is a blessing only lent, <br>Repaid by giving others food. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The world's esteem is but a bribe, <br>To buy their peace you sell your own; <br>The slave of a vainglorious tribe, <br>Who hate you while they make you known. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The joy that vain amusements give, <br>Oh! sad conclusion that it brings! <br>The honey of a crowded hive, <br>Defended by a thousand stings. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Tis thus the world rewards the fools <br>That live upon her treacherous smiles: <br>She leads them blindfold by her rules, <br>And ruins all whom she beguiles. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">God knows the thousands who go down <br>From pleasure into endless woe; <br>And with a long despairing groan <br>Blaspheme the Maker as they go. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh fearful thought! be timely wise; <br>Delight but in a Saviour's charms, <br>And God shall take you to the skies, <br>Embraced in everlasting arms.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Cowper">William Cowper</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=537733" data-title="Olney Hymn 7: Vanity of the World de William Cowper" data-description="God gives his mercies to be spent; Your hoard will do your soul no good. Gold is a blessing only lent, Repaid by giving others food. The world's esteem is but a bribe, To buy their peace you sell your own; The slave of a vainglorious tribe,..."></div> </div> </div>

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