THE CHIEF END OF MAN.

What the chief end of Man?--Behold yon tree,
And let it teach thee, Friend!
_Will_ what that will-less yearns for;--and for thee
Is compass'd Man's chief end!

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ULYSSES.

To gain his home all oceans he explored--
Here Scylla frown'd--and there Charybdis roar'd;
Horror on sea--and horror on the land--
In hell's dark boat he sought the spectre land,
Till borne--a slumberer--to his native spot
He woke--and sorrowing, knew his country not!

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JOVE TO HERCULES.

'Twas not my nectar made thy strength divine,
But 'twas thy strength which made my nectar thine!

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