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Sir , The circumstances under which the annexed verses were written , you may , perhaps , admit as a sufficient plea for their insertion in your moral , as weH as theological and critical Miscellany . It is now exactly half a century since they were penned ; J . was at that time in my 20 th year ; and as they were intended solely as a moraL pledge to myself for my future conduct , they have not undergone the correction of a single word . I attempted to
make them interesting to my heart , and thus create a guarantee to my principles ; and whatever aberrations I may subsequently have made , ( Heaven knows their number and extent , ) I hope I am not under a delusion in saying , that I have never lost sight of my good resolves . The excellence of the example may make some amends for the mediocrity of the composition ; and your readers may pardon the egotism , for the sake of the opportunity thus afforded of calling upon the youthful class of the present day , to ** Go and do likewise . ' * JAMES LUCKCOCK . December 2 lst , 1830 .
HAPPINESS . Celestial Happiness !—may I presume ( To thee desirous tct be better known ) To step within thy portals , and illume My anxious mind from thy all-cheering throne ? Shin ' st thou complacent on a chosen few , Who never courted thine auspicious smile ; Who , born to affluence , no plans pursue , And ( save in dissipation ) know no toil ?
Then indolence is bliss ; but full as well Might stagnant waters purify and clear : Conviction soon each slothful mind must tell , No weight is worse than lassitude to bear . In Grandeur ' s envied path to guide our way , And shine , as glittering stars , among mankind ; Is this content ?—its giddy votaries , say , — "Or but a shadow , fleeting as the wind ?
Can splendid trophies , rais'd from wasting wars , Give heart-felt peace while laurel crowns the brow ? Alas ! the generous heart must mourn the cause That for one ' s weal requires another's woe . Does he alone possess the golden prize , Whose only study is to hoard up wealth ; Who every comfort to himself denies , Nor thinks gold dearly bought with loss of health ?
Delusive choice ! So might the goaded s ! a / e Be richly blest in India's torrid mine ; Who has no hope of rest but in his grave ; Denied the poor indulgence to repine .
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LINES BY MR . LUCKCOCK .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1831, page 89, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2594/page/17/
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