To Be Resign'd When Ills Betide, Patient When Favours Are Deni'd, And Pleas'd With Favours Given,-- Dear Chloe, This Is Wisdom's Pa

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To be resign'd when ills betide,
Patient when favours are deni'd,
And pleas'd with favours given,--
Dear Chloe, this is wisdom's part;
This is that incense of the heart
Whose fragrance smells to heaven.
-- Nathaniel Cotton (1707-1788)
-- The Fireside, Stanza 11

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