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...outward glories of a crown ; But, dazzl'd with the luftre, cannot fee The thorns which line it, and whofe painful prickings Embitter all the pompous fweets...Sweats for his homely dinner, than a king In all the dangerous pomp of royalty ! He krtows no fears of ilate to damp his joys; No treafon flukes the humble...

...cannot see . . The thorns that line it, and whose painful prickings Embitter all the pompous sweets of empire. Happier the wretch, who at his daily toils,...Sweats for his homely dinner, than a king In all the dangerous pomp of royalty ! He knows no fears of state to damp his joys ; No treason shakes the humble...

...line it, and whose painful prieklings Embitter all the pompous sweets of empire. Happier the wreteh, who, at his daily toils, Sweats for his homely dinner, than a king In all the dangerous pomp of royalty ! He knows no fears of state to damp his joys ; No treason shakes the humble...

...lustre, cannot see The thorns that line it, and whose painful pricklings Embitter all the pompous sweets eir dangerous pomp of royalty ! He knows no fears of state to damp his joys ; No treason shakes the humble...